Welcome to my annotated commentary on Sunday’s readings. The purpose of this commentary is threefold: to give you
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the background for each reading;
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a better understanding of its message; and
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the message that all of the Sunday readings together provide us.
I hope you find it helpful!
PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION (Year A)
We begin on Sunday the week that we appropriately call Holy Week, when our Lord Jesus, the Holy Son of God, comes to Jerusalem where he is first hailed as the Son of David, and the Prophet and then is tried as a criminal in a sham trial orchestrated by the Jewish leaders, only to be scourged and crucified. For the Jewish leaders of his time, it was just to get rid of a trouble maker. But, as I hope you have come to learn, this was all part of [...]
FIFTH SUNDAY LENT (Year A)
Welcome to my annotated commentary of Sunday’s readings. The purpose of my commentary is to give you the background for each reading, a little better understanding of its message and the message that the Sunday readings provide us. As we race toward Easter – Holy Week is only a week-and-a-half away – we hear all three readings speak of the dead being raised to new life. How exciting it is to live in hope of the Resurrection, especially now as we are bombarded with so much news of suffering and [...]
FOURTH SUNDAY LENT (Year A)
FOURTH SUNDAY LENT (Year A) 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6 – 7, 10 – 13a Welcome to my annotated commentary of Sunday’s readings. The purpose of my commentary is to give you the background for each reading, a little better understanding of its message and the message that the Sunday readings provide us. This Sunday, we hear the very interesting account of the selection of David to replace Saul as king of Israel. First of all, we remember that 1 Samuel is part of the Historical Books of the Bible, presented [...]