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What is politics like among Christian disciples? Mark 10:35-45 echoes 9:33-37 and forms an inclusion with it in a section where Jesus teaches his disciples the consequences of discipleship. One would suppose that the sons of Zebedee would have learnt from the episode in 9:33-37 about asking for an... Sign in to see full entry.

The week after Pentecost Sunday continues ordinary time (that is, in the liturgical parlance, the weeks in ordinal numbers). And while the Gospels continue with selections from the Marcan gospel that follow the Transfiguration, the OT readings (for Year 1) are taken from the Wisdom books,... Sign in to see full entry.

I found a translation Romans 12:9-17 posted on the wall of a friend's living room. I immediately asked him from which tranlation it was. Since he could not remember, I began looking at the translations available in my small library. When I didn't find it there, I began to think that maybe this... Sign in to see full entry.

John 15:1-8 is about the vital relationship that exists between Jesus and his disciples. Verses 9-17 look at this relationship from a different perspective: that of the disciples among themselves IN the Lord. 9 ¶ As the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my... Sign in to see full entry.

Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? (John 14:8-9) "Lord show us the face of God,... Sign in to see full entry.

I went through the concordance of the Online Bible Software, and here is what I got on "Day of Christ" and "Day of the Lord" in Paul... Day of Christ In Paul Php 1:6 Being confident of this very thing: that he who hath begun a good work in you will perfect it unto the day of Christ Jesus. Php 1:10... Sign in to see full entry.

The history of salvation is also the history of a seed that God nurtures through the vicissitudes of human events and brings it into fruition. "I shall put enmity between you and the woman, between your seed and her seed. It shall crush your head though you may strike its heel." (Gen. 3:15) This is... Sign in to see full entry.

Barnabas and Saul of Tarsus were taken from among the ranks of Antioch's prophets and teachers on a particular mission to the Gentiles. The charism of prophecy and teaching is inspired by the Holy Spirit, for as St. Paul writes, "To each individual the manifestations of the Spirit is given for some... Sign in to see full entry.

"The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want," we say with David. And we do not fear even if we should passs through the dark valleys because we know that the good shepherd will never abandon us. He himself said: " I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down his life for his... Sign in to see full entry.

"Like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." (cf. 1 Peter 2:5, NAB) The temple is the place where Man encounters God. It is thus that when the time for the new covenant has come,... Sign in to see full entry.