Study of the Readings

Joyce Ann Zimmerman, ed.

• Words, Phrases
• To the point

Ascension of the Lord

7th Sunday of Easter

The Word Engaged

John Kavanaugh, S. J.

The figure of St. Stephen, the first martyr, emerges in the Easter season just as it does in the days after Christmas. I wonder if there is some kind of ironic warning here....

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Historical Cultural Context

John J. Pilch

John’s Jesus very pointedly prays for the “insiders,” that is, for his disciples and for those “who will believe in me through their word”...

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Thoughts from the
Early Church

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

Commentary: Cyril of Alexandria
Ascension of the Lord

Commentary: Cyril of Alexandria
7th Sunday of Easter

Preparing for Sunday

Larry
Gillick, S. J.

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Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

An analysis of the readings for this Sunday.

Ascension of the Lord.

7th Sunday of Easter