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Please read the passage before reading the commentary. The author of the letter to the Hebrews says that the one who consecrates, and the ones consecrated share the same nature.  Christ consecrates us and calls us brothers (and sisters) (2:11).  … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. In times past, we received the news from the town crier.  Then we found the horse and people like Paul Revere would run through the countryside calling out that the British were … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily. We celebrated the feast of the Epiphany last Sunday.  The word Epiphany means revelation.  While we usually think of the Magi on Epiphany, the feast celebrates three manifestations or revelations of the Lord … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilía.  Hemos celebrado la fiesta de la Epifanía domingo pasado.  La palabra Epifanía significa manifestación o revelación.  Si bien pensamos en los Reyes Magos en Epifanía, Epifanía celebra tres manifestaciones o revelaciones … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. “Who is the victor over the world?  He one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.” Jesus Christ came through water and Blood, through the waters of baptism at the … Continued

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