For 24 August 2009, St Bartholomew, based on John 1:45-51
John 1:45-51
Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.†Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?†Philip said to him, “Come and see.†When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!†Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know me?†Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.†Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!†Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.†And he said to him, “Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.â€
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Thomas McCarthy, OP
Thomas McCarthy was born in 1953, and took the habit of the Order of Preachers in 1971. After post-graduate studies in Rome, after his priestly ordination, he taught theology (patristics and dogmatic theology) in the House of Studies of the Irish Province of the Order, as well as at Milltown Park in Dublin. From 1996 to 2002 he served as Secretary General of the Order, residing in Santa Sabina in Rome and serving first with Timothy Radcliffe and then Carlos Azpiroz Costa. After a sabbatical year, Thomas worked with Dominican Publications from 2003 to 2016, editing Religious Life Review. He served then as prior in the Irish Dominican priory in Rome, San Clemente, and now resides in the priory in his home city, Galway, where he assists in the chaplaincy work at the University. Thomas has directed choirs in different places and has worked since 1986 with RTÉ, Ireland’s national broadcaster, as commentator and translator for Papal events (notably at Christmas and Easter) and for broadcasts from different European cities of Eucharist on major occasions.
24 Aug 2009
Can anything good come from Nazareth?
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John 1:45-51
Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.†Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?†Philip said to him, “Come and see.†When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!†Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know me?†Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.†Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!†Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.†And he said to him, “Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.â€
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Thomas McCarthy, OP
Thomas McCarthy was born in 1953, and took the habit of the Order of Preachers in 1971. After post-graduate studies in Rome, after his priestly ordination, he taught theology (patristics and dogmatic theology) in the House of Studies of the Irish Province of the Order, as well as at Milltown Park in Dublin. From 1996 to 2002 he served as Secretary General of the Order, residing in Santa Sabina in Rome and serving first with Timothy Radcliffe and then Carlos Azpiroz Costa. After a sabbatical year, Thomas worked with Dominican Publications from 2003 to 2016, editing Religious Life Review. He served then as prior in the Irish Dominican priory in Rome, San Clemente, and now resides in the priory in his home city, Galway, where he assists in the chaplaincy work at the University. Thomas has directed choirs in different places and has worked since 1986 with RTÉ, Ireland’s national broadcaster, as commentator and translator for Papal events (notably at Christmas and Easter) and for broadcasts from different European cities of Eucharist on major occasions.