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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 Encountered

John
Kavanaugh,
S. J.

It is a common mis-understanding, it seems to me, to expect that the experience of a call from God is somehow laced with peace, charged with happiness, and results in victory. ...

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Historical Cultural Context

John J. Pilch

Today’s reading from Mark presents a version of how Jesus recruited his first followers ...

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Thoughts from the
Early Church


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

Caesarius of Arles

In today’s gospel, beloved, we heard the exhortation to repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand....

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Preparing for Sunday

Larry
Gillick, S. J.

Look up at the Lord

We pray to hear more than ideas, slogans, and easy-fixes to life ’s demands. We pray to be aware of how the many different voices our own egos can assume to distract us from what is really the “good life”.

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Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

An analysis of the readings for this Sunday.

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