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Study of the Readings

Joyce Ann Zimmerman, ed.

• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Reading
Our Experience

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The Word Engaged

John Kavanaugh, S. J.

The story of Mary and Martha has always irritated me a bit...So what is Martha to do? Sit down too, and let the stew boil over?

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Historical Cultural Context

John J. Pilch

Perhaps the most stunning cultural element in the story is that Jesus appears to be teaching a woman...

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Thoughts from the
Early Church


Edith Barnecut, O.S.B., ed.

Commentary:
Bruno of Segni

...For just as we speak only of one Martha who was Mary’s sister, so we are referring only to that type of active life which is most closely related to the contemplative life, that is, an active life that is pure and blameless...


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Preparing for Sunday

Larry
Gillick, S. J.


Here is a little historical Jesuit secret. We had a very important rule which spoke of how a “subject” would speak to a “superior”...

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Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

An analysis of the readings for this Sunday.

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