Mediocrity and sloth have no place among the those destined to share in the Lord’s joy. Faith exerts itself in deeds of generous service; it is faith’s response to the Lord whose generosity and love cannot be outdone. The parable of the talents as found in Matthew 25:14-30 is a parable about loyalty and industry; [...]
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The visit of Jesus at the Temple is also a judgment on the commercialization that is occuring in the Temple. When asked, Jesus gave the Temple authorities the sign of the Resurrection as a validating seal of his own authority as Son. Matthew 25:14-30View in: NAB NIV KJV NJB Vulg Greek14For even as a man [...]
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angfrayle on October 15th, 2008
This year, the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time coincides with All Souls’ Day. The Gospel selection is taken from The Bread of Life Discourse in John 6. The liturgy for the day combines it with a passage from Wisdom and the letter to the Romans. The intent of the liturgy is that we commemorate in [...]
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The habit of studying the text using a diagramming method called "The Sentence Flow" is not my creation. Actually, I saw my first sentence flow on the note handouts of one of our seminarians. It was a diagram that looked similar to the ones used by some professors from the Biblicum to illustrate structuralist exegesis. [...]
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The Catechism of the Catholic Church discusses the moral requirements of the Gospel using the framework provided by the Ten Commandments which the history of Christian interpretation — in the light of Jesus’ teaching on the two greatest commandments — has conveniently systematized into three commandments for God and seven for man. (cf. CCC 2083). [...]
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