Dad Talk - Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
Dad Talk guide to the Sunday Mass readings
Jesus prayed that we would all be "one." Yet today, there are thousands of Christian denominations and very little unity. Why? Because many non-Catholic Christians reject the teaching authority of the Pope, often because Jesus did not talk expressly about that office in his earthly ministry. But there are other subjects - the "Trinity" immediately comes to mind - that do not appear expressly in the scriptures, either. Yet all Christians accept them because they are easily inferred from the Bible. The papacy, too, can be easily inferred from the Bible - including from this Sunday's first reading and Gospel reading. So that's what we'll discuss in this week's Dad Talk. God bless! Dad
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Religion & Spirituality • Christianity
About Podcast
Seeking to understand more about the Sunday Mass readings, I started reading Bible commentaries after Mass several years ago, then giving a 15-minute talk to our children about the context of the readings (history, geography, etc.) and their relationship to each other. We called these "Dad Talks." Over time, we started to share them with others. To dive even deeper, I recommend acquiring your own copy of my source materials: Brant Pitre & John Bergsma's "A Catholic Introduction to the Bible," the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture set, and various books mentioned in the Talks. God bless!