Martha and Mary has become popular names in the early church that Luke does not hesitate to use them as characters in a story about hospitality. In Luke 10:38-42, Martha and Mary illustrate two forms of hospitality: one that is specifically for a prophet (Mary), and another that is for a guest (Martha). While Martha [...]
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The Lucan theme of "Being on the way with Jesus" continues with the narration about a scribe whom Jesus challenged to practise the commandment "Love your neighbor as yourself." To be on the way with Jesus is the path of on-going conversion where the disciple (or would be disciple) is challenged to continually evaluate one’s [...]
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For the 14th Sunday of OT — C, a vision of Mother Jerusalem, an image of the Church of the last days, is given to us. She is the Mother of all nations, "catholic" in the care she provides for her children. This picture is complemented by the narration of the sending of the seventy-two [...]
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When we were baptized, we were enrolled into the Lord’s school of discipleship where we learn to make our own the two primary values of His life: the Father and the Kingdom/Reign of God. The years of apprenticeship will cover the whole of our lives and will involve the death of our egoism and growth [...]
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