Tuesdays at 7:30pm (Pacific)
Online via Zoom

Matthew and Luke are really different. Join Fr. Xavier to explore their messages. In the first part of each class, we will be doing a close reading and discussion of the text, and then in the second part, we will call forth your own reflections and/or the reflections from others. This is a seminar: please come having read the scriptural text carefully. Come to as many or as few as you like.

Some possible writers you might want to look at and bring to the class:

• Jesus of Nazareth - The Infancy Narratives by Pope Benedict XV

• The Birth of the Messiah by Raymond Brown

• Or from other general commentaries by: George Montague (Matthew), Luke Timothy Johnson (Luke), David Garland (Matthew), Charles Talbert (Luke), Daniel J Harrington (Matthew) N.T. Wright (Matthew & Luke), William Barclay (Matthew and Luke)

Dec 22nd: The Annunciation to Mary, the Visitation & Magnificat, and Birth, Luke 2:1-52