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213 total views In the gospels, the Infancy and the Passion are properly termed narratives because despite of their differences both follow somehow the same succession of events. But not in the stories about the Resurrection; the four gospels give different accounts, (thus, the preferred label, the resurrection accounts), of the empty tomb and the appearances
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309 total views With Palm Sunday the Holy Week begins, ending with Easter Sunday. Called Palm Sunday because of the entry of Jesus to Jerusalem where he was greeted by the crowd waving palm branches, (cf s1S#24, 03/28/21). It is also called Passion Sunday when the whole passion narrative is read serving as an overture to
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222 total views One of the main characteristics of the gospel of John is his way of narrating an encounter between (a)person(s) and Jesus where in their conversation the respondent(s) speak on one plane and He on another. This was the case in the Nicodemus episode (being born “again”), the Samaritan woman (”water”), the man born
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372 total views 4th Sun Lent A There is no other story in the gospel of John that is so closely knit and with consummate artistry and dramatic skill as this story of the healing of the man born blind (9:1-41). Just outlining it shows all that: vv1-5 Setting; vv6-7 Miraculous Healing; Interrogations of the Blind
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345 total views Today’s readings narrate people who are thirsty after their sojourn in the desert (Ex 17:1-7) and the encounter of two thirsty persons, Jesus and the Samaritan woman (John 4:4-42). They all need water. In the Bible, “mayim” ( מָּֽיִם ) in OT, “hydōr” ( ὕδωρ) in NT, is a common noun denoting water
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259 total views Transfiguration (A) Just like the account of the temptation of Jesus, his transfiguration is also narrated by all the synoptic gospels (Mk 9:2-10; Mt 17:1-9; Lk 16:28-36). Following the position of many biblical scholars who acknowledge the priority of Mark, both Matthew and Luke draw from Mark many features of their story. But
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328 total views During the time of Jesus, the Mediterranean world lives by a deeply rooted belief in the spirits who exist in great numbers and said to be in constant capricious interference in the daily human life. At Jesus baptism, when the voice identified him as “my son in whom I am well pleased”, (Mt
