Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
Concern for the poor and the marginal is not a pet theory fabricated by liberation theologians or some left-wing ideology. It is as old as Isaiah.
John J. Pilch
In antiquity, the hands were the customary vehicle by which a healer transmitted therapeutic power to the client.
If God has done all his good works and done them well for our sake, knowing that we take pleasure in goodness, why I ask do we not endeavor to make all our works good and to do them well.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
The summons to the life of faith usually comes through a word that is heard.
Reginald H. Fuller
James’ Church consists of rich and poor members, and a
concern for the proper respect of the poor-as-persons surfaces
immediately.