Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
There are times when it all seems clear. We know in our bones what must be done.
John J. Pilch
The thrust of the parable is not lost on the lawyer. Now Jesus thrusts the final shaming question: “Which of the three became a neighbor to the victim?”
After bringing in the man half dead the Samaritan did not immediately depart, but remained and dressed the man’s wounds by night.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
A teacher of Torah, bent on testing Jesus, asks the Big Question: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Reginald H. Fuller
Redemption is not redemption out of the world, but the restoration of the created world when it had fallen into sin.