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Sixth Sunday of Easter
Ascension of Our Lord
John 14:23-29 Commentary
by Elisabeth Johnson
This passage is part of Jesus’ farewell discourse to his disciples on the night before his death, a discourse punctuated by the anxious questions of his disciples about his impending departure.
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John 5:1-9 Commentary
The man healed in this story is perhaps the least willing and the least grateful of all the people Jesus heals in John’s Gospel.
Acts 16:9-15 Commentary
by Mitzi J. Smith
According to Acts, first the Holy Spirit and then “the Spirit of Jesus” prevented Paul and Silas from speaking in Asia and from entering Bithynia, respectively, resulting in their arrival in ...
Psalm 67 Commentary
by James Limburg
A few weeks ago I was browsing through our local Barnes and Noble bookstore and ran across a thin volume with the title: PRAISE BE TO YOU: Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home (Ignatius: San Francisco, ...
Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 Commentary
by Micah D. Kiel
The view of the future offered by John of Patmos is beautiful.
Resurrection is Companionship
by Karoline Lewis
May 01, 2016
You may have noticed a pattern these last few weeks in the titles and emphases for Dear Working Preacher. “Resurrection is…” and so far, the possibilities have ...
SB481 - Sixth Sunday of Easter
Discussion on texts for Sixth Sunday of Easter (May 1, 2016): (Gospel) John 14:23-29 {Alt. Gospel} John 5:1-9; {First Reading} Acts 16:9-15; Psalm 67; {Second Reading} Revelation 21:10, 22--22:5.