Abiding Word

Barbara E. Reid, general editor of the Wisdom Commentary series, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies, and president emerita of Catholic Theological Union (the first woman who held the position). She has been a member of the CTU faculty since 1988 and also served as vice president and academic dean from 2009 to 2018. She holds a PhD in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America and was president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 2014–2015. Her most recent publications are Luke 1–9 and Luke 10–24, co-authored with Shelly Matthews (WCS 43A, 43B; Liturgical Press, 2021); and At the Table of Holy Wisdom: Global Hungers and Feminist Biblical Interpretation (Paulist, 2023).

Barbara Reid's lyrical prose and compelling imagery delight the reader. She gracefully uses the best of contemporary and traditional scholarship. Her attention to often obscure references, locales' significance and often misinterpreted phrases open possibilities for understanding that go deeper than a superficial reading. Clearly, Reid is a preacher, and in this book shares insights and scholarship that gift anyone who preaches the Sunday readings.Honora Werner, OP, Director, DMin in Preaching Program, Aquinas Institute of Theology

• CONTENTSPreface   xiFirst Sunday of AdventPreparing to Wage Peace   1Second Sunday of AdventBearing Good Fruit   3Third Sunday of AdventPatient Expectation   5Fourth Sunday of AdventObedience of Faith   7The Nativity of the LordLight in Darkness   9The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and JosephFleeing for Life   11The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of GodA Mother’s Work   13Second Sunday after ChristmasAdopted in Love   15The Epiphany of the LordAll Are Welcome   17The Baptism of the LordGrasped by God’s Hand   19First Sunday of LentBegone, Satan!   21Second Sunday of LentMountaintop Vision   23Third Sunday of LentWater from Another’s Well   25 Fourth Sunday of LentUnlikely Leaders   27Fifth Sunday of LentBeing There   29Palm Sunday of the Lord’s PassionFor the Forgiveness of Sins   31Easter SundayQuaking with Joy   33Second Sunday of EasterConspiratorial Faith   35Third Sunday of EasterWalking into Hope   37Fourth Sunday of EasterThe Open Door   39Fifth Sunday of EasterUntroubled Hearts   41Sixth Sunday of EasterNever Alone   43The Ascension of the LordStepping Out on the Word   45Seventh Sunday of EasterGlorious Presence   47Pentecost SundayUnleashing Inner Power   49The Solemnity of the Most Holy TrinityA Dance of Love   51The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of ChristConsumed by Christ’s Life   53The Solemnity of All SaintsGlimpses of Heaven   55Second Sunday in Ordinary TimeThe Lamb of God   58Third Sunday in Ordinary TimeThe Light of Hope   60 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary TimeHappiness Now   62Fifth Sunday in Ordinary TimeUndiluted and Undimmed   64Sixth Sunday in Ordinary TimeThe Least and the Greatest   66Seventh Sunday in OrdinaryTime Having No Enemies   68Eighth Sunday in Ordinary TimeDon’t Worry, Be Happy!   70Ninth Sunday in Ordinary TimeSet on Rock   72Tenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeLove Can’t Be Bought   74Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary TimeDearer than All Others   76Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary TimeFearless Faith   78Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeFinding Life   80Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeLight Burdens   82Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeMysterious Gift   84Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeWisdom about Weeds   86Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeSurprised by Joy   88Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeNo More Hunger   90Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeA Sound of Sheer Silence   92Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary TimeDogged Faith   94 Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary TimeWho Do You Say You Are?   96Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary TimeFinding Your Self   98Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary TimeA Recipe for Reconciliation   100Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary TimeEndless Forgiveness   102Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary TimeJustice in the Reign of God   104Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary TimeSaying and Doing   106Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary TimeOther Tenants   108Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary TimeDressed for the Feast   110Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary TimeTo Pay or Not to Pay   112Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary TimeLove Says It All   114Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary TimeWalking the Talk   116Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary TimeInexhaustible Light   118Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary TimeUnmasking Greed   120The Solemnity of Christ the KingThe Shepherd King  122