Commentary on Jeremiah 11:18-20
According to tradition, Jeremiah is “the weeping prophet.” It is [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29
These verses stand near the beginning of part II of [...]
Commentary on Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29
No sooner have the Israelites set out from Mount Sinai [...]
Commentary on Genesis 2:18-24
Genesis is an origin story: a prosaic telling of how things came to be the [...]
Commentary on Amos 5:6-7, 10-15
Integrating life and liturgy has been a practice for Christian [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 53:4-12
Whereas discussion of Israel’s role as God’s servant is one of several key themes in [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:7-9
Jeremiah’s oracle promises salvation for the scattered remnant of Israel, return from exile, and joyful [...]
Commentary on Deuteronomy 6:1-9
Both the book of Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomic movement that [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:31-34
Rembrandt’s famous Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem captures what [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:31-34
Early Christians recognized God’s utterly new and transformative work in [...]