First Reading

Sign: Silence/Silencio
Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:15-20

Even God’s friend Moses did not live forever. But God [...]

Sea of Galilee at sunset
Commentary on Jonah 3:1-5, 10

Jonah is a tale of what happens when God’s mercy is too much for some, [...]

fig tree
Commentary on 1 Samuel 3:1-10 [11-20]

The story of the calling of Samuel is a familiar [...]

star cluster
Commentary on Isaiah 60:1-6

We often call it “the bridge.” We look at the gap, or chasm, between the [...]

Baptism of Christ
Commentary on Genesis 1:1-5

Over this last year of uncertainty and anxiety, I have been binging feel-good videos unapologetically. [...]

Bang
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:7-14

These verses speak to a community of migrants and refugees.1 [...]

Ethiopian Coptic Service (1995)
Commentary on Isaiah 9:2-7

The prophet Isaiah composes a coronation hymn for a not yet fully-grown King. These familiar [...]

Pregnant woman
Commentary on 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16

A new king has a grand idea to build a [...]

woman testifying in worship
Commentary on Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11

The passage begins with an announcement of divine presence and [...]

Rosa Parks, forerunner
Commentary on Isaiah 40:1-11

Isaiah 40:1-11 is one of the most important texts in all of Isaiah.1 The narrative [...]