Category: Biblical Commentary

Some say, ” I have prayed for many things that I never received. It’s no wonder many doubt Jesus’ promise in today’s gospel: ‘Ask and

“I am baptized, attend Eucharist, and even contribute to church every Sunday. I am a good Christian”. These practices carry great importance, but Jesus asserts

Three persons in one God: sounds impossible to understand and theologians haven’t helped much. So, most Christians rarely think of Trinity at all. But what

Surely, God has sufficient glory yet we often pray, “Glory to God”. What does that mean? Glory is not some thing we wish for God,

Having just celebrated the resurrection of Jesus, we turn in today’s epistle to our own resurrectional destiny. I believed once that heaven consisted in my

We often think of resurrection as an amazing event in which Jesus rises from the dead. In a certain way, that’s true. However, today’s gospel

Today’s gospel pictures Mary, sister of Martha and Lazarus, as a sensitive woman who has saved very expensive perfume to anoint Jesus. Judas the treasurer

What has been the worst temptation of your life? Whatever its nature, Jesus, our exemplar, has generically overcome it. Today’s gospel records first, his sacrificing

Why do we baptize babies who are unaware of its meaning? Because parents, godparents, and,indeed, the entire community commits appropriately to help the child (or