Study of the Readings
Ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
Could there be an afterlife, a form of existence beyond this womb so familiar and secure?
John J. Pilch
Mediterranean Fathers and Sons
John the evangelist portrays the relationship of Jesus and his heavenly Father in terms of an authentic and perfect Mediterranean relationship between father and son.
By giving life Christ shows that by nature he is life. He does not
receive it from another, but supplies it from his own resources.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
In our Easter joy we rally around a crucified Messiah who was a scandal to the Jews and foolishness to the Greeks.
Reginald H. Fuller
The proclamation of the Word of God has no promise of success, but
the Word must be proclaimed whether people hear or refuse to hear.