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The Third Sunday
in Ordinary Time B

January 21, 2018
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

The New Age: 2,000 Years Old

The message? Responding to the good news of God's fresh intervention entails letting go of one's conventional tasks and attachments and following Jesus. The new task is described as “fishing people.”

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The Word Encountered

John Kavanaugh, SJ

Ambi-valences of the Call

You would think that, after being invited by one such as Christ, all would be smooth sailing. Things would be free and clear. And yet, we know their call must surely have been experienced as a journey into frustration and failure.

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Historical Cultural Context

John J. Pilch

A Common Venture

Modern believers are amazed that the people Jesus invites to join him seem to drop everything and follow him immediately. It is all the more amazing if this is the first time they have met each other.

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Thoughts from the Early Church

Caesarius
of Arles

It may be that some are less guilty than others, but no one is entirely free from fault; there may be degrees of guilt, but no one can escape it altogether. 

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Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

The challenge to repent, therefore, means much more than to be sorry for one’s individual sins. The Greek word for “repent” is metanoiein, which literally means “to change one’s mind.”

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