Study of the Readings
Ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John J. Pilch
By his dress and diet, the Baptizer distances himself from this luxury and his rural priestly heritage and presents himself more like a prophet.
The evangelist’s intention was to differentiate between the fleeting voice and the eternally unchanging Word.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
Full shalom (peace, in the sense of fullness of life) is not a human accomplishment. It is a deed of God: “So will the Lord God make justice and praise spring up before all the nations.”
Reginald H. Fuller
The evangelist’s prose insertion is clearly designed to counter a false estimate of the Baptist: he is not the light but only a witness to the light.