The Sacred Page

I have begun posting short videos on the major social media sites.

The book of Proverbs, like other books typically identified as part of Israel’s “wisdom literature,” is full of pithy, provocative statements.

Bruce Longenecker has published the results of a survey of Pauline scholars taken this year regarding opinions of the “authorship” of the Pauline epistles.

Yesterday I completed my seminar on Luke-Acts with our students in the Masters of Biblical Studies program.

It’s been a while since I posted here.

These commentaries are collected in published form in my “Word of the LORD” books available here.

1 Kings 3:5, 7-12 Psalm 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-28, 129-30 Romans 8:28-30 Matthew 13:44-52 or Matthew 13:44-46 [I regret not posting these commentaries more regularly in recent months.

The Easter Season usually ends with a sort of “trifecta” of major feasts: Pentecost, Trinity, and Corpus Christi, as the Church celebrates the central mysteries of the faith before entering into Ordinary Time once more.

I highly recommend reading the commentary I also posted on this site on the Readings for the Vigil in preparation for the Mass of Pentecost Day.

Pentecost is a very important feast in the liturgical life of the Church, and it has it’s own vigil.