Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
We are so afraid of our smallness. What is large is impressive. The grand is good. The small seems weak and vulnerable.
John J. Pilch
An enemy has sowed weeds among the wheat. The fact is mentioned without comment. Jesus’ audience understood this perfectly.
Harvest time will be the end of the world, for although it began long since and continues now through death, only then will all things come to an end.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
It is helpful to know that the weed named here is a particular kind (zizania) known for its confusing resemblance to wheat in the early stages of growth.
Reginald H. Fuller
When I pray as a believer, it is not just “me down
here”—it is the Spirit of God within me praying to
“God up there.”