Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
Between Ascension and Pentecost
(7th Sunday)
Today's First Reading gives us Luke’s snapshot of the apostles and other disciples gathered in prayer.
John Kavanaugh, SJ
Since the beginning it was known that if we banish Christ’s divinity, he and all of us are utterly alone.
John J. Pilch
The Meaning and Types of Prayer
(7th Sunday)
What he expresses here in prayer, Jesus later accomplishes in deed when, dying on the cross, he entrusts his mother to the care and protection of a good friend.
Gregory of Nyssa
(Ascension)
As far as we can, let us imitate the prophet by our love for God, by gentleness and by patience with those who hate us.