Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
The reason we reject our own heroic and prophetic possibilities, if we are honest with ourselves, is that we know how weak and inadequate we are.
John J. Pilch
In the Middle East, a son is expected to take up his father’s occupation or profession. There is no expectation of “doing better than one’s parents” or “getting ahead in life.”
The Christ who spoke then and the Christ who speaks now throughout the whole world is one and the same.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
Jesus fit the traditional Hebrew role of prophet. People were amazed that he spoke not as the scribes and Pharisees but as one having authority.
Reginald H. Fuller
Mark introduces one of his reminders of the impending passion into
the early part of his narrative.