Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
Life, from its beginning, bears its gloomy portents. Any child can suspect that all might easily be lost.
John J. Pilch
At every mention of the “rich” in Luke’s Gospel it is advisable to cross out that word and pencil in “greedy.”
Daily the world is oppressed by new and growing evils.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
Followers of Jesus will be supported by the Holy Spirit, the gospel will reach all nations, and there is a heap of housekeeping to be done in the time between.
Reginald H. Fuller
Jeremiah had predicted that the Davidic dynasty would be restored
shortly after the fall of Jerusalem in 586. But the years of exile
were prolonged and the promise went unfulfilled.