Please read the passage before reading the commentary Were you ever sent to your room without supper as a child? If so, you were excommunicated. The purpose of the excommunication was to get you to reflect on your behavior so … Continued
Please read the passage before the homily. My sisters and brothers, Jesus used a ritual to heal “the deaf man who had a speech impediment.” He took the person aside, put his finger in the person’s ears, used spit, touched … Continued
Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilía. Hermanas y Hermanos, Jesús usaba un ritual para sanar “a un hombre surdo y tartamudo.” Jesús lo apartó a un lado de la gente, le metió los dedos en los oídos, … Continued
Please read the passage before reading the commentary Throughout this letter, Paul has been discussing God’s weakness and foolishness as being much stronger and wiser than human wisdom and power. Today’s passage continues this discussion. To the question how to … Continued
Please read the passage before reading the commentary Paul spoke much about the difference between God’s foolishness and weakness in his letter to the Corinthians. He claimed that God’s foolishness and weakness are much stronger and wiser than what the … Continued
Please read the passage before reading the commentary Paul was an educated man. He came from Tarsus and was a Roman citizen. He had studied under Gamaliel in Jerusalem. He was also a tentmaker and seemed to have been able … Continued
Please read the passage before the homily. My sisters and brothers, A sign on the restaurant bathroom says, “Employees must wash hands after using the toilet.” We know we have to wash our hands before eating and bathe every day … Continued
Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilía. Hermanas y Hermanos, El letrero en el baño del restaurante dice, “Los empleados tienen que lavarse las manos después de usar el baño.” Sabemos que necesitar lavarnos las manos antes de … Continued
Please read the passage before reading the commentary I imagine that Paul had earned a Doctor of Sacred Theology at the Jerusalem University under Professor Gamaliel, a PhD in philosophy from the Antiochian branch of the University of Athens, and … Continued
Please read the passage before reading the commentary Some of the Thessalonian community had been behaving in a “disorderly way”, which may have been a kind of laziness. Whatever it was that they were doing was causing some discontent among … Continued