Category Archives: Biblical commentaries

BLESSING AND CURSING, reflections on verses from the prophets Amos and Hosea  Year 2, Week 13, Wednesday        Glenroy 1976 “I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. … Take away from me … Continue reading →

‘DO NOT BE AFRAID’ Commentary on some verses from Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy Year 1, Week 17, Friday                                Glenroy 1975 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: These are the appointed festivals of the Lord that … Continue reading →

Exodus, ‘The great liberation’, Commentaries on verses from the Book of Exodus Year 1, Week 15, Monday                                                   Glenroy 1977 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread, so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites. The … Continue reading →

‘From glory to glory’, 2 Corinthians, commentary on select verses Year 1, Week 10, Monday                                       Glenroy 1977 “the sufferings of Christ abound in us”         2 Corinthians 1:5 The suffering of Christ is not locked up and individualistic. It is a … Continue reading →

Genesis 12-46: commentary on select verses. Salvation history: the Patriarchs   Year 1, Week 12, Monday                              Glenroy 1975 “Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will … Continue reading →

A Jewish Family in 3rdcent. BCE,  Reflections on verses from the Book of Tobit  Year 1, Week 9, Monday                                                                  Glenroy 1977 Tobit 1.1; 2.1-8 What is good grows. What is good wishes to excel itself. But the only way to … Continue reading →