Study of the Readings

Ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman, et al.

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

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The Word Engaged

John Kavanaugh, S. J.

Water and Bread

Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well could serve as a metaphor for our great thirst...

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Historical Cultural Context

John J. Pilch

Shocking Behavior

In the case of Bible stories, familiarity blunts sensitivity and often blocks proper understanding.

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Thoughts from the
Early Church

Augustine

Already divine mysteries begin. Not for nothing is Jesus wearied; not for nothing does the Power of God suffer fatigue.

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Preparing for Sunday

Larry
Gillick, S. J.

We prepare for God’s embrace of our faces, our hands, our very lives

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Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

The life of the age to come will not be merely a prolongation of this present life but an entirely new, transformed mode of existence. It was into this mode of existence that Christ entered at his resurrection.

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