Feast of St. Anthony of Padua, 13 June (Matthew 5:13-16)

13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. 14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp

Fifth Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A, Gospel Commentary (Matthew 5:13-16)

13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. 14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a

The Nature of God (James 1:16-18)

16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created. James now gives us his idea of God: no

Sixth Sunday of Easter, 2nd Reading (Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23)

10 The angel carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. 11 It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and

The End of 1 John (5:18-21)

18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them. 19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. 20 We know also that the Son of God has come and

God is Light (1 John 1:5)

5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. This verse provides us with the fundamental message of the first letter of John. It also forms a kind of transition to the arguments given by those with whom the author disagrees. The