Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
Some children with casually Catholic upbringings become devoted churchgoers as adults. Others with a strict and extensive exposure to the traditions and practices of the church reject it all.
John J. Pilch
If John and his community sound slightly paranoid, that judgment may be more than partly correct.
If you ask why the Spirit did not come immediately after the resurrection, this was in order to increase their gratitude for receiving him by increasing their desire.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
The Jewish Christians who accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit should have been poured out on the Gentiles also.
Reginald H. Fuller
The Christian life is not an external observance of Christ’s commandments but an intense relationship of the community to the three Persons of the Trinity.