July 18, 2025 Exodus 11:10-12:14
Please read the passage before reading the comments. The first day of the new year is often the anniversary of the co-called birth of a people. The Passover, one of two new year’s celebration for the Jewish people was April … Continued
July 16, 2025 Exodus 3:1-6.9-12
Please read the passage before reading the comments. Take your shoes off; you are standing on holy ground. Do we recognize the holiness of the ground under which we stand and walk? Are we afraid to touch the holy? God … Continued
July 14, 2025 Exodus 1:8-14,22
Please read the passage before reading the comments. The Israelites were in Egypt. The new administration did not know or remember how Joseph fit into the country’s history. It saw the Israelites as a threat to the good of Egypt. … Continued
July 13 2025: Luke 10:25-37
Plese read the passage before reading the commentary. The road from Jerusalem to Jericho is a road between the religious center to and from a place where many priests lived. The road seems to have been a favorite place for … Continued
El 13 de julio 2025: Lucas 10, 25-37
Por favor, lean este pasaje ante de la homilía. El camino de Jerusalén a Jericó conectaba al centro religioso con un lugar donde muchos sacerdotes vivían. Al parecer, este camino era lugar favorito de secuestradores y bandidos. Los … Continued
July 11, 2025 Genesis 46:1-7, 28-30
Please read the passage before reading the comments. Israel, also known as Jacob, brought his family to Egypt to live there with Joseph, his beloved son. Israel was leaving the Promised Land for Egypt. God appears to him with the … Continued
July 9, 2025 Genesis 42:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a
Please read the passage before reading the comments. Holiness is available to all peoples, even to those who are very imperfect. Jacob’s family was very dysfunctional. He had a favorite son, Joseph, the son of his favorite wife. He did … Continued
July 7, 2025 Genesis 28:10-22
Please read the passage before reading the comments. Jacob left the land of Canaan for Haran the home of his ancestors. He was running away from his brothers who was extremely irate towards him. Jacob had designs on inheriting the … Continued
July 4, 2025: Genesis 4:3-10
July 4, 2025 Please read the passage before reading the comments. Cain was the first child of Adam and Eve., Abel was the second. Cain killed Abel because he saw that God showed a marked preference for Abel. Thus began … Continued
July 2, 2025: Genesis 21:5,8-20a.
Please read the passage before reading the comments. God promised to make Abraham the father of a multitude Abraham was eighty-five ears old and childless. So important was it for Abraham’s wife, Sarah, to have a child that she gave … Continued