Read­ing Time: 2 minutes Intro­duc­tion In the Gos­pel of last Sunday, we reflec­ted on Jesus’ teach­ing and admon­i­tion to the dis­ciples and Chris­ti­ans on what it means to be a believ­er. He did this by teach­ing and show­ing them the super­i­or way, which includes: The love of enemies; turn­ing the oth­er cheek; giv­ing to those who ask; doing to oth­ers what and how you would want done unto you; lend­ing without interest and without expect­ing to be paid back; doing to oth­ers as you would have them do to…

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Read­ing Time: 2 minutes Intro­duc­tion After the beatitudes and the woes, this Sunday Gos­pel presents a con­tinu­ation of last week read­ing. It is the con­tinu­ation of Jesus’ teach­ing on the Plain. Unlike Mat­thew, where the beatitude is addressed to the dis­ciples and to the crowds, in Luke, it is strictly addressed to the dis­ciples only. This Sunday Gos­pel read­ing is the applic­a­tion of the beatitude. We are not unfa­mil­i­ar with these teach­ings. They are the cli­max and also the chal­lenge of what it means to be a dis­ciple and…

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Read­ing Time: 3 minutes Intro­duc­tion Last Sunday we heard Jesus call Peter to be his dis­ciple after teach­ing them how to dig deep and win souls for God. after­wards, Jesus travels with Peter and the oth­er dis­ciples. Luke reports acts of heal­ing (a per­son with lep­rosy and a para­lyt­ic man) and the call of Levi, the tax col­lect­or. Jesus also replies to ques­tions from the Phar­isees regard­ing fast­ing and the observ­ance of the Sab­bath. In the pre­ced­ing verses, Luke doc­u­ments the choos­ing of the twelve apostles by Jesus from…

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Read­ing Time: 2 minutes Intro­duc­tion Duc in altum – put out into the deep! Jesus’ sole mis­sion con­sisted and still con­sists in teach­ing people the right way to wor­ship God; how to relate with one anoth­er; how to relate with the entire cre­ation; how to live a bet­ter and ful­filled life; how to man­age author­ity; how to build a happy and suc­cess­ful fam­ily; how to attract God’s bless­ing; what to do to avoid God’s anger; how to inter­pret and actu­al­ize the law; how to obtain sal­va­tion and etern­al life;…

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