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Word of Life offers a series of biblical reflections focused on the liturgical readings for each day. Throughout the year, the Church spreads before us a rich feast drawn from the Word of God. When we prayerfully ponder that Word, it gradually penetrates our hearts and minds, thus transforming our lives. The book is arranged by liturgical seasons: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, and Ordinary...

First Reading: Gn 37:3–4, 12–13a, 17b–28a Responsorial Psalm: Ps 105:16–17, 18–19, 20–21 Gospel: Mt 21:33–43, 45–46 Joining the story of the betrayal of Joseph to the parable of the Tenants sharpens the poignancy of the Gospel portrait of Jesus. The parable places Jesus in the long line of God’s servants who, sent as messengers to Israel, were sometimes brutally rejected (see Neh 9:26). To this, the story of Joseph adds the theme of betrayal by one’s own. Both texts, the story from Genesis
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