Commentary on Genesis 50:15-21
Just when you think all is right in the world [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Numbers 21:4b-9
The text for today doesn’t seem like altogether good news.1 Trudging through the seemingly never-ending [...]
Commentary on Jonah 3:10—4:11
Scholars have expended a lot of energy and paper trying [...]
Commentary on Jonah 3:10—4:11
Not unlike the older brother of the prodigal son (Luke [...]
Commentary on Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32
Two for one special! Ezekiel 18 not only gives us [...]
Commentary on Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32
The word that comes to the prophet Ezekiel in today’s [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 5:1-7
It was one of the features of the genius of the Hebrew prophets to take [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 5:1-7
The speaker is Isaiah (“my”; 5:1, 9); the prophet speaks in the first person for [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 25:1-9
Isaiah 25:1-9 begins with a hymn of praise to a victorious God. The opening phrases [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 25:1-9
Isaiah 25 celebrates divine faithfulness in soaring, lofty words, words too lofty for everyday reality. [...]
