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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.

I wonder what happened to the nine lepers who did not go back to thank Jesus...

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Historical Cultural Context

John J. Pilch

...“Biblical leprosy” is not “catchy;” it’s “dirty”; and it makes individuals and the community “dirty;” “impure;” “unclean”...

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Thoughts from the
Early Church


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

Commentary:
Bruno of Segni

...When Christ the Lord came not all men and women were leprous in body, but in soul they were, and to have a soul full of leprosy is much worse than to have a leprous body...


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Preparing for Sunday

Larry
Gillick, S. J.


...Ten lepers shout for healing and when they receive this gift, only one returns shouting his praise...

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Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

An analysis of the readings for this Sunday.

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