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Please read the passage before the commentary. Peter was going fishing.  The other disciples agree to go with him.  The author introduces the other disciples to us as if we had not met them earlier in the Gospel.  Perhaps Peter … Continued

Please read the passage before the commentary. It is Easter week.  Our Hispanic friends call it Wednesday of Easter. For them, it is Easter even though it is Wednesday.  In English we speak of Easter Wednesday or Wednesday of Easter … Continued

Please read the passage before the commentary. This is the first week of the Easter season.  The season stretches for fifty days, seven days (=a week) times seven plus a day to equal fifty days (a week of weeks plus … Continued

Please read the passage before the commentary. It is Easter.  The Lord has risen from the dead.  Peter is un the house of a Roman centurion, a pagan soldier.  Peter and his companions had eater and drank with Jesus after … Continued

Por favor lean este pasaje antes del comentario. Es Pascua.  El Señor ha resucitado de la muerte.  Pedro es en la casa de un centurión romano, un soldado pagano.  Pedro y sus compañeros habían cenado y bebido con Jesús después … Continued

Please read the passage before the commentary. We are all descendants of the first Man and Woman, whom we shall call the First Adam.  First Adam was made in the image and likeness of God’s Word.  We, however, are made … Continued

Please read the passage before the commentary. “One of the Twelve.”  Must it always be one of the twelve?  One of twelve is Simon Peter who would deny knowing Jesus three times in one night.  One of the twelve is … Continued

Please read the passage before the commentary. Mary anointed the feet of the Lord with oil and dried them with her hair.  Anointings have many facets.  The text interprets Mary’s act as an anointing for burial.  It could also have … Continued

Please read the passage before the commentary. This passage is from the collection of the servant songs of the prophet Isaiah.  There are four.  We could identify the servant as the Second Adam who, unlike his counterpart the First Adam, … Continued