“… The high priest questioned them, “We gave you strict orders, did we not, to stop teaching in that name….” But Peter and the apostles said in reply, “We must obey God rather than men.” (Acts 5:27-29) St. Luke tells us in his chronicle of the missionary activity of the Apostles, that the party of …
Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on one or another of them. (Is 50:6:7) There are two kinds of shadow. The first gives respite from the hot sun. This is what we …
They found the stone rolled away from the tomb… While they were puzzling over this, behold, two men in dazzling garments appeared to them… They said to them, “Why do you seek the living one among the dead? He is not here, but he has been raised. (Lk 24:2, 4, 5-6) St. Paul declared consistently …
I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; my face I did not shield from buffets and spitting. The LORD GOD is my help, therefore I am not disgraced… (Is 50:6:7) The farsighted utterances of the prophet Isaiah generally known as the Suffering Servant Prophecies (which …
Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” (Jn: 8:6-7) The biblical narrative of the adulteress who was brought …
On the day after the Passover, they ate of the produce of the land… On that same day after the Passover, on which they ate of the produce of the land, the manna ceased;… the Israelites … ate of the yield of the land of Canaan. (Jos 5:11-12) Canaan was an ancient land of the …
‘For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none. So cut it down. Why should it exhaust the soil?‘ (Lk: 13:7) It must be allowed that fig trees may not bear fruit until the age of four, so the tree in our story must be …
The Lord God took Abram outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so,” he added, “shall your descendants be.” Abram put his faith in the LORD, who credited it to him as an act of righteousness. (Gn: 15:5-6) When God spoke with Abram and promised him …
“If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here… Jesus said to him in reply, “It also says, You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.” (Lk: 4:9;12) If you are a parent, then it is very likely you have had recourse to the phrase, “You are testing my …
Jesus told his disciples a parable, “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? (Lk: 6:42) We begin our reflection on this Sunday’s gospel reading with a rhetorical question. In it Jesus is being obvious that one who cannot see certainly cannot guide another who needs guiding. In …