Fathers of the Church, Scriptures
The Gospel reading for the 21st is taken from Matthew 16:13-23. The first part of the selection -- Mt. 16:13-19 -- is about the Confession of Peter.
Fathers of the Church, Scriptures
For the Parables of the Treasure, the Pearl and the Dragnet, we have two Western Fathers of the Church -- Augustine, and Jerome -- who open up the Scriptures to us and help us apply the message of the parables ...
Parables of the Kingdom II
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Scriptures
I was going through some of my archived posts from the Bible Notes website I used to maintain back in 2005 and found some articles on Matthew which may still come in handy this year, if they happen to coincide ...
Matthew: A Second Time Around
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Catechism
Matthew's account of the Baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3:13-17) is cited many times in the Catechism. Liturgically the event is celebrated as one of the events of the Lord's Manifestation ("Epiphany", 535.). The Catechism makes use of the ...
The Baptism of Jesus in the Catechism
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Liturgy
For the past few Sundays we have been reading Matthew's Sermon on the Mount. Below is the outline of Matthew 5:1-7:29; I will be indicating the parts that are now being read during the Sunday Mass.
The Sermon on the Mount in the Sunday Readings (Year A)
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