Author: Miguel A. Munárriz Casajús
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Filled with joy
Mt 13, 44-52 “And, full of joy, he went and sold what he had and bought that field.” The key to the…
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The vegetable parables
Mt 13, 24-43 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed…” Jesus spoke in parables because the parabolic language allows one…
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The word
Mt 13, 1-23 “Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty“ This is…
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The wise and the simple
Mt 11, 25-30 “I give you thanks, Father, because you have hidden these things…“ Those who felt the need for Jesus followed…
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Maximum commitment, maximum trust
Mt 9, 36 and 18,8 «Jesus sent these twelve» It all started with the twelve. Then there were seventy-two, then many more,…
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Truths and beliefs
Jn 6, 51-58 «Unless you eat of my flesh and drink of my blood you have no life in you» On the…
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Dogmatic theology or evangelical?
Jn 3, 16-18 «For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son» It is possible that anyone who knows…
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Word and eucharist
Jn 4, 5-42 «Whoever drinks the water that I give him will never thirst» In his book *“The Gay Science,”* Nietzsche narrates…
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The provisional and the definitive
Mt 17, 1-9 «*This* is my Son, my beloved, my chosen one; listen to him.” Jesus often withdraws to pray, and sometimes…
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The temptation
Mt 4, 1-11 «Jesus was led up into the desert by the Spirit for being tempted by the devil». When the fourth…
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The radical new thing of jesus
Mt 5, 17-37 «You have heard that it was said to the former ones… but I tell you» While some conceive the…
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The mission
Mt 5, 13-16 «Let your light so shine before others that they may see your good works and give glory to your…
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Mission impossible?
Mt 5, 1-12 «Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you…» Jesus believes in Abba, and believes also that Abba…
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The style of jesus
Mt 4,12-23 «He was going through Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds…
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God’s lamb which takes away the sin
«Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.» The fourth Gospel was written much later and…
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Imagining
Mt 3, 11-17 «Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan and was baptized by him» Jesus grows in a society of unequal…
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God’s visibility
Jn 1, 1-18 «And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us» Impressive prologue of John from which attention is drawn to…