Commentary on Easter Sunday
Sunday, 09 April 2023
A. TEXT (JOHN 20: 01–10) Mary Magdalene Arrives at Tomb 1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Mag’dalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. She Informs Peter and Other Disciple 2 So she ran, and went
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Commentary on 1st Sunday of Lent (A), 26.02.2023
Saturday, 25 February 2023
TEXT Setting 1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was hungry. First Temptation 3 And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones
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Commentary on 6th Sunday of the Year (A), 12.02.2023
Sunday, 12 February 2023
TEXT Mat 5:17-37 To fulfil the Law 17 “Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them. 18 For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the
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Commentary on 5th Sunday of the year (A) 5.02.2023
Sunday, 05 February 2023
TEXT: Mt 5:13-16 Salt of the earth 13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men. Light of the world 14 “You are the light
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Commentary on 3rd Sunday of the year (A) 22.01.2023
Saturday, 21 January 2023
TEXT Matt 4:12-25 Jesus moves to live in Capernaum 12 Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee; 13 and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Caper’na–um by the sea, in the territory of Zeb’ulun and Naph’tali, 14 that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled,
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Commentary on 2nd Sunday of the year (A) 15.01.2023
Sunday, 15 January 2023
TEXT: John 1: 19-34 01: 19–28: John the Baptist is not the Messiah 19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed, he did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him,
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Commentary on Baptism of the Lord (A) 8.01.2023
Sunday, 08 January 2023
TEXT Jesus’ request 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for thus it is fitting for
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Commentary on 3rd Sunday of Advent A, 11.12.2022
Sunday, 11 December 2022
TEXT: MATTHEW 11: 02–11 Is Jesus the Messiah? 2 Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples 3 and said to him, “Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another?” Jesus’ deeds 4 And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell
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Commentary on 2nd Sunday of Advent A, 4.12.2022
Sunday, 04 December 2022
TEXT: Matthew 03: 1–12 John the Baptist appears 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” He is a prophet 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of
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Commentary on 2nd Easter Sunday (A), 16.04.2023