Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
Not love delighting in truth, but a cult of deception marks our social discourse, our slimy videos and exposés, our courtrooms, our Congress, and White House.
John J. Pilch
In today’s reading Jesus is perceived by others in his village to be stepping shamefully beyond his family boundaries.
Now by the poor we may understand those who were then deprived of all spiritual blessings and who lived in the world without hope and without God.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
Our Scriptures invite us to take the role of prophet with utmost seriousness
—regarding Jesus, the apostles, and ourselves.
Reginald H. Fuller
Since the time of Amos, the prophets had a strong sense of God as the sovereign Lord of all history, not just that of his people.