Gospel

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 [...]

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Commentary on John 17:1-11

This text is a prayer of Jesus, and it comes near the end of the [...]

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Commentary on Luke 24:44-53

Although the church reads these last verses of the Gospel of Luke several weeks after [...]

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Commentary on John 14:15-21

In John 14:15–21, Jesus, in his Farewell Discourse, offers solace and encouragement to his disciples, [...]

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Commentary on John 14:1-14

The night when Jesus is arrested, according to John’s Gospel, Jesus speaks for a long [...]

Commentary on Matthew 28:1-10

[Looking for a related commentary on John 20:1-18? See this 2026 commentary by Jennifer Vija [...]

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Commentary on John 20:1-18

[Looking for a related commentary on Matthew 28:1-10? See this 2026 commentary by Matt Skinner.] [...]