Study of the Readings

Joyce Ann Zimmerman, ed.

• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First & Second Readings
• Our Experience

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The Word Engaged

John Kavanaugh, S. J.

The Feast of Christ the King stands in stark opposition to two contemporary trends in some Christian circles...

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Historical Cultural Context

John J. Pilch

In Luke’s temptation scene, Jesus “passes” the temptation that Adam “failed”...

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Thoughts from the
Early Church

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

Commentary:
Bernard of Clairvaux

‘The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.’ These are the angel’s words to the Virgin concerning the son he had announced, promising that he should succeed to the kingdom of David...

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Preparing for Sunday

Larry
Gillick, S. J.

...Jesus had violated some traditions of purification and the prescriptions concerning the Sabbath, but mainly he had been provocative...

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Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

An analysis of the readings for this Sunday.

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