For 5 January 2013, Weekday in the Christmas season, based on John 1:43-51
(this preaching appeared originally on theWord on 05 Jan 2012)
The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.†Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 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 Jim Motl, O.P.
Fr. Jim Motl, O.P., taught homiletics at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, at the St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, MN, and at Aquinas Institute in St. Louis, MO. At present he is limited service at St. Pius V Priory in Chicago.
5 Jan 2013
Can anything good come from Nazareth?
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(this preaching appeared originally on theWord on 05 Jan 2012)
The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.†Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 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 Jim Motl, O.P.
Fr. Jim Motl, O.P., taught homiletics at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, at the St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, MN, and at Aquinas Institute in St. Louis, MO. At present he is limited service at St. Pius V Priory in Chicago.