Sunday Commentary is a blog written by a priest.
(August 15) The Lord of life has done great things for us. Introduction Mary is remembered for the last time in the New Testament at the beginning of the book of Acts: in prayer, surrounded by the apostles and the first Christian community (Acts 1:14). Then this sweet and reserved woman leaves the scene, […]
NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Introduction Jews and Christians are called “People of the Book” 54 times in the Qur’an. The word “book,” in the sense of a book containing the revelation of Allah, is repeated 230 times. However, it is an ambiguous term because sometimes it indicates the book of Moses, […]
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Introduction A person’s dream has always been to have life eternal life. To achieve this, Gilgamesh, the hero of Mesopotamian literature, had challenged the monster Humbaba in the garden of cedars. Then he went down the abyss of the seas to take possession of the grass called […]
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Introduction The Israelites were caught by panic facing the Canaanites. To instill courage in them, Joshua and Caleb, men of imposing stature, exclaimed: “Do not be afraid, for they will be bread for us!” (Num 14:9). Curious coincidence: the Hebrew root of the word “bread” is composed of […]
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – B Introduction Those who hold power are called to perform a service for their brothers and sisters. Still, they are also subject to the temptation to abuse their position of prestige and use it to impose themselves, to further their own personal or family interests. The author of the […]
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – B Introduction Fixing his gaze on the paralytic who was begging for alms at the door of the temple known as “Beautiful,” Peter said, “Look at us.” He turned toward them, expecting to receive something. But Peter resumed, “I have neither silver nor gold, but what I have I give you; in […]
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME – B Introduction The skillful politician always manages relations with the religious structure with care: he does not fight it, but he flatters it, he tries to make it his ally because he knows that the religious subject is more reliable and also more devout if he can be convinced […]
THROUGH DIFFERENT ROUTES, THEY ARRIVED AT THE SAME DESTINATION Introduction With a phrase well known to us—“They were of one heart and soul”—Luke summarizes the full agreement existing in the primitive community (Acts 4:32). Yet, in the history of the church, tensions and contrasts as strong as those that occurred in the early decades are […]
A courageous witness of the Light. Introduction The cult of the Virgin Mary began to rise and develop in Jerusalem in the V century. A century earlier, in the IV century, the cult of John the Baptist was so widespread as to be considered universal. The people paid tribute with an extraordinary veneration to […]
Rescued from Death by the God of Life Introduction Despite the suffering involved, people desperately love life. To Odysseus, who in Hades tries to console him, Achilles replies: “Do not embellish death for me, O Odysseus! I would rather, as a laborer, serve another man on earth than reign over the dead.” The concept of […]