11 September 2024 1 Corinthians 7:25-31

posted in: Uncategorized | 0

Please read the passage before reading the commentary In this letter to the Corinthians, apparently Paul is answering some questions sent him by the Corinthians.  This question concerns unmarried people, female and male.  Since we are living in the last … Continued

8 September 2024 Mark 7:31-37

posted in: Uncategorized | 0

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

6 September 2024 1 Corinthians 4:1-5

posted in: Uncategorized | 0

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

4 September 2024 1 Corinthians 3:1-9

posted in: Uncategorized | 0

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

2 September 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

posted in: Uncategorized | 0

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

30 August 1 Corinthians 1:17-25

posted in: Uncategorized | 0

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