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Leading Catholic biblical scholar Henry Wansbrough provides a pithy and readable commentary covering all the Sunday readings for years A, B, and C. Wansbrough provides incisive commentary informed by his many years of teaching Scripture as a scholar and Benedictine monk of Ampleforth Abbey, and member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. For each Sunday a short commentary on the three readings...

God. Especially reassuring is the mention of Christ’s blood, for blood is the symbol of life. Christ’s blood, given to us, is the sign and sacrament of the gift of divine life, offered to us, if only we will accept it. Question: Why was Jesus’ self-offering so valuable to God? We are presented with a contrast between the dignitaries of the Temple, parading in their splendour, and the least of the least. These little coins are called lepta, meaning ‘light’,
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