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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

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. 25 December: Luke 2:15-20 Please read the passage before reading the commentary. The angels left the shepherds.  The shepherds are asking what happened and what they are to make of all this.  … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. In these last few days before Christmas, we focus on John the Baptist.  The first chapter of the Gospel according to Luke tells of John’s conception and birth.  It can prompt the … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily. Sometime around the year 950 B.C., a royal procession danced its way to Jerusalem.  It was King David and the arc of the covenant with the ten words God had given Moses on … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilía.  En algún momento, cerca de novecientos cincuenta años antes de Cristo, una procesión real bailaba hacia Jerusalén.  Era el rey David con el arca del pacto con las diez palabras que … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. I learned as a child I was not to ask God for signs.  I was to live a life of faith in God.  When I first heard the story of Ahaz, I … Continued