Please read the passage before reading the commentary. God is love. Here, love is not a noun, but a verb, an action word. God is love because God is loving. God is love in action. God creates because love is … Continued
Please read the passage above before reading the commentary below. In its earlier days, John’s faith community had suffered pressure or persecution from outside itself. Later the pressure came from within the group. It seems that some members were not … Continued
Please read the passage before the homily. Zoroastrians follow an ancient religion. Some think that the magi were Zoroastrians. They came from the East, from the rising of the sun. They represented the non-Jewish, pagan peoples of the world who … Continued
Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilía. Los zoroástricos siguen una religión anciana. Hay algunos que piensan que los Reyes Magos fueron zoroástricos. Vinieron del este, de la tierra del amanecer. Ellos representaban los no-judíos, los paganos del … Continued
Please read the passage before reading the commentary. God is righteous and wants all of us to act in righteousness. I am not sure I like this idea, according to how I hear righteousness being interpreted. If righteousness means self-righteousness, … Continued
Please read the passage before reading the commentary. My friend Paul died in a strange accident last summer on a beach. Two weeks ago, his widow went up to visit his family for the holidays. She was very much upset … Continued
Please read the passage before reading the commentary. To whom did the author, whom we call John, address this letter? We know it was to his community. In today’s passage, he mentions children, fathers, and young men. In the last … Continued
Please read the passage before the homily. “Each year Jesus’ went parents to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover. After those days, they returned home but the boy Jesus stayed in Jerusalem without his parents’ knowledge.” The story of … Continued
Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilía. “Los padres de Jesús solían ir cada año a Jerusalén para las festividades de la Pascua. Pasados aquellos días, se volvieron, pero el niño Jesús se quedó en Jerusalén, sin que … Continued
Please read the passage before reading the commentary. Let me paraphrase. In the beginning, the Word of God came to live among us, and we saw his glory. The first disciples saw and heard the Word among us. They came … Continued