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The Word
Engaged
John Kavanaugh,
S. J.
Open to Transcen-dence
We think we celebrate openness: but it is an openness only to the projections
of our own lips and minds. Rarely are we open to the wholly other—some other
that transcends the mirror images of our ego.
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Historical Cultural
Context
John J. Pilch
The "Call" of Disciples
We applaud those who pull themselves
up by their own bootstraps. Our Mediterranean ancestors in the Faith would consider
this insane, an invitation to death and extinction.
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Thoughts from the
Early Church
Augustine of Hippo
The senator can always take pride in what
he is; so can the orator and the emperor, but the fisherman
can glory in nothing
except Christ alone.
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Preparing for
Sunday
Larry
Gillick, S. J.
We prepare for the celebration of this weekend’s liturgy by receiving the sacraments of each moment, each person, each invitation and interruption.
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Scripture
In Depth
Reginald H. Fuller
Simon
had already witnessed the healing of his mother-in-law, and now he experiences
the miraculous haul of fish. This creates in him a feeling of unworthiness.
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