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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.

Our desire for equilibrium fools us. Smooth sailing and steady stability, we suppose, should be the by-products of faith...

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Historical Cultural Context

John J. Pilch

Mediterranean people of antiquity and the present are primarily oriented toward the present. It is difficult and sometimes impossible for them to think “future”...

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Thoughts from the
Early Church


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

Commentary: Augustine

...Our Lord’s command seems hard and heavy, that anyone who wants to follow him must renounce himself...

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Preparing for Sunday

Larry
Gillick, S. J.


Being faithful to God is much more than keeping rules and doing the “holy” things...

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Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

An analysis of the readings for this Sunday.

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