Gospel

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Commentary on Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Commentary for this text is forthcoming.  

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Commentary on Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Commentary for this text forthcoming.

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Commentary on Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

20260712_JPietz_Gospel_Ord15A_Matt13As with all Jesus’s parables, multiple layers of meaning can [...]

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Commentary on Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

We might detect a note of frustration in Jesus’s voice [...]

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Commentary on Matthew 10:40-42

Commentary for this text is forthcoming.  

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Commentary on Matthew 10:24-39

The Gospel reading for the fourth Sunday after Pentecost presents [...]

Domenico Ghirlandaio's
Commentary on Matthew 9:35—10:8 [9-23]

The Gospel reading for the third Sunday after Pentecost presents [...]

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Commentary on Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

The second Sunday after Pentecost brings us into the heart [...]

Commentary on Matthew 28:16-20

It’s practically obligatory that a commentary on Matthew 28 will [...]

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Commentary on John 20:19-23

If we allow John’s Gospel to guide us into the celebration of Pentecost, our sense [...]