The ninth chapter of the Gospel According to John (NABRE) contains themes of light and darkness, seeing and blindness, and the interrelationship of those elements. Congenital blindness appears in the readings as a metaphor for the human condition, and Jesus’ healing of the blind man represents the healing he came …
The fourth chapter of the Gospel According to John (NABRE) includes a description of the encounter between Jesus and a Samaritan woman at a well. One of the more interesting interpretation questions in this text concerns the correct translation of when this all occurs. The Gospel According to John 4:6 …
Transfiguration and transubstantiation are two words with the same prefix. Both describe religious mysteries that are difficult for us to understand. The …
The book of Genesis 2:7–9 (NABRE) contains an account of the Creation of the first person. In this account, God forms man …
The Sermon on the Mount contains a fascinating but unclear comparison in the Gospel According to Matthew 5:22 (NABRE). Jesus offers two …
The Gospel According to Matthew 5:13 (NABRE) offers a difficult issue for translators. The tricky part falls in the section I think …
This Sunday’s reading from the Gospel According to Matthew 5:1–12 (NABRE) contains the Beatitudes, which are an especially profound and difficult section …
We see the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry in the Gospel According to Matthew 4:12–23 (NABRE). We learn that this ministry follows …
In the first chapter of the Gospel According to John (NABRE), Jesus’ cousin John bears witness to Jesus as the one sent …
As we celebrate the baptism of Jesus by John we reflect on the word baptism, which comes from the Greek word βαπτίζω …