Until Christians can all share the Lord’s Supper, the rift continues. But there is no denying how massively the ground has shifted.
Season after Pentecost | 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27; Psalm 130; (Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15, 2:23-24 or Lamentations 3:23-33; Psalm 30;) 2 Corinthians 8:7-15; Mark 5:21-43
In Mark 5, a hemorrhaging woman meets a permeable savior.
Efforts to avoid the term proof are mistaken—both as a reading of Aquinas and as a broader claim about whether God exists.
2 Samuel by Robert Barron
Robert Barron’s grasp of the complex development of David’s character in 2 Samuel is unsurpassed. And his references to history and literature are more than adornment.
Not everything urgent is important. The difficulty is distinguishing between the two. In ministry, people's pressing needs seldom come before us in neat, conveniently timed packages. Instead, the minister is bombarded with legitimate requests and pleas from every side.