In our workshops, we have seen in separate sessions how the following activities function: Creating a Sentence Flow Comparing Translations Studying the Text within Its Context Checking the Marginal Notes and Footnotes of our Translations Looking for additional information from Concordances, Dictionaries, Atlases and Commentaries Checking the Biblical index of the Catechism
“Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and give to God what is God’s” has been for centuries the Christian guideline for peaceful coexistence with a world that finds them strange and alien. We “give to Caesar” so long as obedience to him does not mean disobedience to God who alone deserves our total commitment. In [...]
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The theme of the 28th Sunday (OT A) is that of the banquet of the Lord. As such it is a theme that should inspire us to hope. The lines from the first reading which is also quoted in the Revelation of John should whet our appetite for the banquet prepared for us: The Lord [...]
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The parable of the wicked tenants in Matthew 21:33-46 has been rewritten as an allegory of salvation history. By skillfully modifying the material he found in Mark, Matthew makes it clearer that the violent response of the wicked tenants to the servants sent by the owner of the vineyard symbolizes the hardness of heart of [...]
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