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7,389 total reads Another parable, which is peculiar to Matthew (20:1-16), is read today. Though bracketed by the saying of Jesus on the reversal of fortune
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7,242 total reads Continuing last week’s lesson from the Gospel regarding the relationship of the members of the Christian community where the paramount goal is to
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7,023 total reads Considering the previous parable on the lost sheep (Mt 18:12-14) as the immediate context of the gospel reading today (vv 15-20), the motive
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7,038 total reads Now that his purpose and mission have been revealed in his confirmation of Peter’s confession of him as Messiah (cf last Sunday’s gospel),
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4,435 total reads All three synoptic Gospels narrated Peter’s confession of Jesus as Messiah (Mk 8:27-29; Mt 16:13-30; Lk 9:18-20). In today’s Gospel Matthew significantly modified
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3,301 total reads Earlier in the gospel of Matthew it was narrated that Jesus and his disciples were on the boat when a violent storm broke.
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2,719 total reads The Feast of the Transfiguration may have originated early from the three basilicas on Mt. Thabor and was celebrated in Syrian, Byzantine, and
