Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
The days of Advent wore on slowly for me. It was not like waiting for some promise. I was dreading a disaster.
John J. Pilch
Professional healers in Jesus’ time preferred to talk about illnesses rather than to heal them. Among the peasants, however, folk healers willing to use their hands and risk failure were very common.
Even from his mother’s womb John had recognized Jesus, and at the Jordan he had borne his testimony
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
John the Baptist, in prison because of his confrontation with Herod over the king's unlawful marriage, sends disciples to ask Jesus if he really is the one they have been expecting.
Reginald H. Fuller
Jesus indirectly affirms that his miracles are works of God wrought through him. But he never says so directly. The hearer has to work this out for himself or herself and to make a decision of faith.