Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
Abraham was seventy-five. At seventy-five you’ve pretty well seen the landscape. Not much more is to be expected.
John J. Pilch
In Matthew’s lifetime, many actual and potential Mediterranean believers in Jesus were troubled by his shameful death.
The pages of both covenants agree with one another. He who had been promised beforehand by mysteriously veiled signs was now revealed clearly and distinctly in the radiance of his glory.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
Paul writes to the Gentile Christians of Galatia that they too are heirs to the promises to Abraham, since Christ is the “seed of Abraham” par excellence.
Reginald H. Fuller
Since the rise of modern biblical criticism, the question has often been asked: Did Jesus intend to found a church?