topshadow2
shadow bl2 shadow 15

Select Sunday>The Center for Liturgy Sunday Web Site Home>theWord

Study of the Readings

Joyce Ann Zimmerman, ed.

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

...more...

The Word Engaged

John Kavanaugh, S. J.

...Most young people are said to believe in a hell where nobody goes. Many others, perhaps adults, think there is a hell largely populated by enemies...

...more...

Historical Cultural Context

John J. Pilch

Our group-oriented ancestors in the Faith put their primary and greatest faith in the family. This was the core of the “inside”; everyone else was “outside.”

...more...

Thoughts from the
Early Church


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

Commentary:
Anselm of Canterbury

God cries out that the kingdom of heaven is for sale. The glorious bliss of this kingdom surpasses the power of mortal eye to see, mortal ear to hear, mortal heart to conceive...


...more...

Preparing for Sunday

Larry
Gillick, S. J.


We are praying with our natural fears about whether we are going to “make it” – will we be good enough?

..
more...

Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

An analysis of the readings for this Sunday.

...more...