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Please read the passage before reading the commentary. The book of Revelation is the book of the Church.  It describes the ultimate victory of the Church.  We are going to win.  We are going to gather a great multitude of … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. In the first century, Christians had to learn how to live among pagans.  Their faith in Christ gave them a certain freedom in their manner of living, but such freedom at times … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. I am reflecting on the apostles of Jesus as they went out throughout the world.  Their task was to make Jesus known to all the peoples of the world.  Even after the … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily. Once upon a time there was a rich man who asked Jeus what he should do to enter the kingdom, and Jesus told him to sell what he had, give to the poor, … Continued

El 27 de octubre 2024 Marcos 10, 46-52 Hermanas y Hermanos, Había una vez, era un hombre rico que le preguntó a Jesús qué debía hacer para alcanzar la vida eterna, y Jesús le contestó que debía vender todo lo … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. Once upon a time there were many peoples.  We could divide them into the circumcised or the uncircumcised, into Caucasian, Asian, or African, into citizen or foreigner, into rich or poor, into … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. In this letter to the Ephesians, St Paul has announced that God has sent Christ into the world to save us in the Church because God has drawn all peoples together, those … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. You were dead in your transgressions and sins, says St Paul.  So was I, and everyone else. Christ was also dead once, not in his sin for he is sinless, but in … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily. You know that the Gentiles lord it over people.  Gentiles here is a code word.  It means the Romans. The Romans were the conquering people, the people who colonized the Jewish people, taxing … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilía. Hermanas y Hermanos, Ustedes saben que los jefes de las naciones las gobiernan como si fueran sus dueños. “Los jefes de las naciones” son un código. Se refiere a los romanos. … Continued