Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
Any family, even a single mother with one child, participates in a mystery involving them intimately with the Creator and imposes more responsibilities than any of us can fully comprehend
John Kavanaugh, SJ
It is fitting that the holiness of the family also be celebrated at this time. For it is only by the ordinariness of being born so frail and dependent upon those who have welcomed us into their lives, that we ever grow in strength and grace.
John J. Pilch
Male maturity in the Mediterranean world entails becoming liberated from the female control that characterizes early childhood. A man wrestles throughout life with the tension.
Sometimes Jesus asked questions, sometimes he answered them; and, as we have already said, wonderful though his questions were, his replies were even more wonderful.
Reginald H. Fuller
Where there is a wholesome respect for God and his will, human relationships do stand a better chance of being well ordered and harmonious.