This engaging commentary on the Gospel of Matthew is the fifth of seventeen volumes in the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture (CCSS), which will cover the entire New Testament. This volume, like each in the series, relates Scripture to life, is faithfully Catholic, and is supplemented by features designed to help readers understand the Bible more deeply and use it more effectively.
“Jesus’ parables were not simple stories to make his message easy… They were challenges to shake us up to be more open to what God is asking of us. If we want to receive Christ’s parables in this Sunday’s Gospel reading, we must approach them with the mindset of the first century Jews.” —From my podcast this week. media.ascensionpress.com/podcast/the-secret-of-parables/
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