Working with the Word Study of the Readings Ed. by Joyce Ann Zimmerman, et al.
• Words, Phrases
• To the point • First Two Readings
• Experience
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Let the Scriptures Speak Dennis
Hamm, SJ
Easter's Freedom
The usual New Testament language about the resurrection is that God raised Jesus from the dead. In other words, the resurrection is not simply an act of the Son; it is a Trinitarian affair, with the Father raising the Son in the power of the Spirit.
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The Word Embodied
John Kavanaugh, SJ
The Testing of Faith
I find the paradox of distance and closeness, of belief and unbelief, repeated over and over again in people’s lives. Although I cannot see when or if it happens to me, it is startlingly clear when I witness it in others.
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Historical Cultural Context John J. Pilch
Emmaus
The disciples were traveling from Jerusalem to Emmaus when the risen Jesus joined them, seemingly out of nowhere, opened their eyes to the Scriptures, and then revealed himself to them in the breaking of the bread. more …
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Scripture In Depth Reginald H. Fuller
Death, understood at the theological rather than the biological level, means a person’s ultimate separation from God as the result of rebellion and consequent alienation. more …
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