Second Reading

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness by Jose Leonardo ca. 1635
Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Living the life of the SpiriThis is the first day [...]

Judean wilderness
Commentary on 2 Peter 3:8-15a

The second reading assigned for the Second Sunday of Advent in the lectionary can seem [...]

Commentary on Hebrews 1:1-4 [5-12]

The majestically celebratory opening of Hebrews merits a cautious approach [...]

Commentary on Titus 3:4-7

This excerpt from Titus blends the Christmas language of incarnation (“the goodness and loving kindness [...]

Commentary on Titus 2:11-14

The lectionary selects this excerpt from Titus because its language fits into the theological message [...]

Rooster crowing
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 1:3-9

The consumerist culture in which we exist tends to think [...]

Detail from mural depicting Christ in Majesty in the apse of Vä Church. Romanesque period.
Commentary on Ephesians 1:15-23

Like Alice through the looking glass, the perspective of the [...]

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Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

There’s an important detail about 1 Thessalonians that every reader [...]

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Commentary on 1 John 3:1-3

Although there are links between these three verses and the previous section, it is unclear [...]

Detail from English Alabaster Panel depicting Christ's Resurrection, Late 14th Century.
Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

There’s an important detail about 1 Thessalonians that every reader [...]