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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.

The days of Advent wore on slowly for me (in 1997). It was not like waiting for some promise. I was dreading a disaster...

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Historical Cultural Context

John J. Pilch

John’s question is clear: Is Jesus the “one who is to come” or not? Its meaning is far from clear...

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Thoughts from the
Early Church


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

Commentary: Thomas of Villanova

The gospel narrative tells of a question which John the Baptist, who was in prison, put to the Lord through his disciples...


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Preparing for Sunday

Larry
Gillick, S. J.


...patience as a hard thing to pray for. Waiting, longing, wondering what’s taking so long, are experiences we’d rather avoid...

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Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

An analysis of the readings for this Sunday.

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