A lynch mob went after Jesus because of his first homily, which came straight from the sacred writings (Luke 4:16-30). Jesus, ...

Several passages in the New Testament of the Bible tell of Jesus Christ's time in the ancient city of Chorazin, Israel, where ...

It looks, at first, as if this Gospel passage gives us little information about the context of events in the Nazareth synagogue. True, Jesus is asked to read: but was he expected to follow some scheme ...

Since God would send prophets to a rebellious people, Israel, to a nation that has rebelled against him (Ez 2:4), the life of a prophet was never an easy one. In condemning corruption and oppression, ...

But that’s no reason to conclude that Jesus of Nazareth was a religious fable ... second- to fifth-century synagogue in Capernaum lie atop an older structure very likely visited by Jesus ...

The cardinal preached on Luke 4:14-21 — the Gospel reading in which Jesus ... and resurrection," said Pierre. "What Jesus said in the synagogue in Nazareth remains our mission statement as ...

Even though Sunday is the first day of the week, its inclusion in the weekend implies that it lives in Saturday’s shadow.

The disciples were sailing safe and secure on calm waters when a storm suddenly came out of nowhere. The ship filled with water and they panicked. There wasn’t much they could do except turn to Christ ...

4 Then Jesus, knowing all that was to befall him, came forward and said to them, "Whom do you seek?" 5 They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth ... have always taught in synagogues and in the ...

The lectionary readings for Epiphany 3 in this Year C are 1 Cor 12.12–31a, and Luke 4.14–21, where Jesus returns from the desert ‘in the power of the Spirit’ and reads from Isaiah in the synagogue at ...

Lk 11:27f). Notwithstanding the great joy that marked the beginning of Jesus's ministry, in the synagogue of Nazareth you must already have experienced the truth of the saying about the “sign of ...