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Study of the Readings

Joyce Ann Zimmerman, ed.

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

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The Word Embodied

John Kavanaugh, S. J.

Elijah, having been promised that he would find the Lord on the mountain, left the shelter of his cave. Sure enough, God showed up...

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Historical Cultural Context

John J. Pilch

In 1986 the level of the Sea of Galilee was extraordinarily low. Marine archaeologists discovered an ancient fishing boat in mud along its northwest shore...

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Thoughts from the
Early Church


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

Commentary: Augustine

The gospel tells us how Christ the Lord walked upon the waters of the sea, and how the apostle Peter did the same until fear made him falter...

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Preparing for Sunday

Larry
Gillick, S. J.


...To understand Elijah’s journey and why he just wanted to die, one must read the previous chapter to the one from which our First Reading is taken...

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Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

An analysis of the readings for this Sunday.

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