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Looking More Closely at the Word
Third Sunday in Advent B

December 17, 2017
Working with the Word

Study of the Readings
Ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al


• Words,     Phrases
To the point
• First Two     Readings
• Experience

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Let the Scriptures Speak

Dennis
Hamm, SJ

The Discipline of Joy

Full shalom (peace, in the sense of fullness of life) is not a human accomplishment. It is a deed of God: “So will the Lord God make justice and praise spring up before all the nations.”

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The Word Encountered

John Kavanaugh, SJ

Gaudete: Rejoice

We are the Thessalonians “waiting for the coming of the Lord,” advised not to stifle the Spirit or despise prophecies. We must in some way make John the Baptizer’s words our own.

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Historical Cultural Context

John J. Pilch

A Different Kind of Priest

The Baptizer is not behaving like a priest. Instead, he looks very much like a member of the numerous groups of alienated priests that emerged as early as the sixth century BCE. 
These groups found themselves increasingly separated from the aristocratic priests in Jerusalem.

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Thoughts from the Early Church

John Scotus Erigena

The evangelist’s intention was to differentiate between the fleeting voice and the eternally unchanging Word. The one, he would suggest, was the morning star appearing at the dawning of the kingdom of heaven, while the other was the Sun of Justice coming in its wake.

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Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

The evangelist’s prose insertion is clearly designed to counter a false estimate of the Baptist: he is not the light but only a witness to the light.

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