Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
When Jesus looks at scripture, he recalls Isaiah’s parable of the vineyard, but only to engage it for his own time and people.
John J. Pilch
When a story or parable is interpreted, inevitably the meaning is not what appears on the surface.
The Lord requires that we allow ourselves to be weeded. To be spiritually weeded means to have renounced the worldly ambitions that burdened our hearts.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
The love of neighbor to which Jesus calls us urges us to be alert to the possibility of violence and near-violence in our own behavior with family members.
Reginald H. Fuller
As in the Lucan parables of the unjust steward and the unjust
judge, Jesus draws a surprising lesson from an utterly
discreditable piece of human behavior.