Study of the Readings
Ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
While Mark could well have begun his account of the public ministry with an example of Jesus' teaching—a parable, say, he chooses this dramatic action (accomplished, though, by a sharp word: “Quiet! Come out of him!”).
John Kavanaugh, SJ
If faith is real, it seeks expression. It will communicate and profess. It will have the energy of passion. But faith cannot be real for us if it is not allowed into our real world.
John J. Pilch
It is nearly impossible for us to know what diseases afflicted the people who came to Jesus for help. But the texts do reveal the social consequences of their affliction and how Jesus remedied those consequences.
You can easily see what drew Christ to Peter’s house on this
particular occasion; it was no desire to sit down and rest himself,
but compassion for a woman stricken down by sickness.
Reginald H. Fuller
Job’s reflections on the miseries of human life are meant to provide a background for the healing work of Christ, of which the gospel speaks. It is from such miseries as Job speaks of that Christ comes to save us.