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18:23 "For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. 18:24 When he began the reckoning, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him; 18:25 and, as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold,...
The additions in Matthew to the Mark 8:31–9:1 text, especially the words to explain the way in which Peter was reported in Mark to have started to reprove Jesus for talking about being crucified (“May God spare you this, Lord! This will never happen to you!”), are reminders to ...
I appreciate Mark’s economy with words. And yet, today’s gospel reading isanother one of those momentswhen things just happen too quickly in the text. From that perspective, this week the liturgical calendar invites us to pay attention to the time, long or short, that lies between Jesus...
Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the Annun... TL Stasik 被引量: 0发表: 1997年 Prolegomena to the Study of the Lectionary Text of the Gospels, Vol. I\\\r . Ernest Cadman Colwell , Donald W. Riddle Conclusion HBV infection is prevalent among pregnant mothers attending our outpatient ser...
in the three-year lectionary cycle, along with movable occasions, such as Christmas Day, Epiphany, Holy Week, and All Saints' Day.For each lectionary text, preachers will find four brief essays--one each on the theological, pastoral, exegetical, and homiletical challenges of the text. This...
It disturbs me that there appear to be so many contributions on this passage in Romans when so few wrestled with last week's text from Romans 11. My concern arises out of the 'Therefore' in 12:1. If we have not laid the foundation of understanding Paul's argument up to this point,...
"and she [was drying] it with her hair, [was kissing] his feet, and [was smearing] the perfume...": Was these actions trying to make up for her un-controllable crying? LF: from the grammatical nuances of the text, she was not half-prepared. She was prepared as best as she could...
In today's (2 Lent RCC) readings I was mildly astonished at the truncation/near bowdlerization of the Abraham/Isaac trek/sacrifice narrative. I wanted to shout 'Tell the rest of it!' I've not been able to check the text yet, and I'm pretty sure the reader wasn't cutting on the ...
“trinitiarian” text in the classic sense of what that means, it still depicts that close relationship, inseparable and mutual, without any part of the relationship being held above the other. It depicts who we are called to be and how we are to relate to others within this Kingdom of ...