Commentary on Joshua 5:9-12
We mark key transitions with rituals — a wedding, a funeral, a graduation, the birth [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Isaiah 43:16-21
Consider this text within the catechumenal, baptismal trajectory of Lent, where the baptized is assured [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9a
Hardly any figure in all of Scripture simultaneously holds the notoriety and elusiveness of the [...]
Commentary on Exodus 12:1-4 [5-10] 11-14
“You don’t remember what you don’t remember.”1 This statement may [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 52:13—53:12
The poetry of Isaiah provides some of the most evocative [...]
Commentary on Acts 10:34-43
From early in life we are encouraged to make choices and develop preferences; we begin [...]
Commentary on Acts 5:27-32
The religious leaders in this text should not have been too surprised. These followers of [...]
Commentary on Acts 9:1-6 [7-20]
It’s a dramatic story. A villain struck down by a [...]
Commentary on Acts 9:36-43
Miracles are extraordinary events. In this text Peter performs the miracle par excellence—the raising of [...]
Commentary on Acts 11:1-18
Borders, barriers, and identity seem to be prominent not only in recent news, but in [...]