
Must Suffer
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6,861 total views 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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6,861 total views 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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4,269 total views 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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3,177 total views 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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2,577 total views The Feast of the Transfiguration may have originated early from the three basilicas on Mt. Thabor and was celebrated in Syrian, Byzantine, and

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1,985 total views The “book of parables” (Mt 13) ends with three short parables, all exclusively Matthean. They are drawn from the everyday experience of three

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1,647 total views The parable of the sower is followed by other three parables drawing on images common to the Palestinian culture to portray the reign

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1,332 total views Chapter 13 of the gospel of St. Matthew is called the “book of the parables” because of the way Jesus preaches and the