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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.

Why is there disorder everywhere? The meanness of discourse. The destruction of life. The sly celebration of evil...

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Historical Cultural Context

John J. Pilch

Not long ago, Americans discovered “mentors.” In general, a “mentor” helps a novice to enter or progress along a certain path toward a specific goal...

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Thoughts from the
Early Church


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

Commentary:
Augustine of Hippo

Reading the holy gospel nourishes in us the habit of prayer, builds up our faith, and disposes us to trust in the Lord rather than in ourselves...


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Preparing for Sunday

Larry
Gillick, S. J.


...As we prepare these days for celebrating a usual Sunday Liturgy, we might watch for the grace and surprises of the unusual, the different, the uncontrolled...

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Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

An analysis of the readings for this Sunday.

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