From: John 15:18-21
A Hostile World
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Commentary:
18-19. Jesus states that there can be no compromise between Him and the
world, the kingdom of sin: anyone who lives in sin abhors the light (cf. John 3:19-
20). This is why Christ is persecuted, and why the Apostles will be in their turn.
“The hostility of the perverse sounds like praise for our life”, St. Gregory says,
“because it shows that we have at least some rectitude if we are an annoyance
to those who do not love God; no one can be pleasing to God and to God’s ene-
mies at the same time. He who seeks to please those who oppose God is no
friend of God; and he who submits himself to the truth will fight against those
who strive against truth” (”In Ezechielem Homiliae”, 9).
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Source: “The Navarre Bible: Text and Commentaries”. Biblical text from the
Revised Standard Version and New Vulgate. Commentaries by members of
the Faculty of Theology, University of Navarre, Spain.
Published by Four Courts Press, Kill Lane, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland, and
by Scepter Publishers in the United States.
First reading | Acts 16:1-10 © |
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Psalm | Psalm 99:1-3,5 © |
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Gospel Acclamation |
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Or | Col3:1 |
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Gospel | John 15:18-21 © |
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