Comments on the texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary for today.
The Reading from Ephesians 2:19-22 proclaims being One in Christ.
* [2:11–22] The Gentiles lacked Israel’s messianic expectation, lacked the various covenants God made with Israel, lacked hope of salvation and knowledge of the true God (Eph 2:11–12); but through Christ all these religious barriers between Jew and Gentile have been transcended (Eph 2:13–14) by the abolition of the Mosaic covenant-law (Eph 2:15) for the sake of uniting Jew and Gentile into a single religious community (Eph 2:15–16), imbued with the same holy Spirit and worshiping the same Father (Eph 2:18). The Gentiles are now included in God’s household (Eph 2:19) as it arises upon the foundation of apostles assisted by those endowed with the prophetic gift (Eph 3:5), the preachers of Christ (Eph 2:20; cf. 1 Cor 12:28). With Christ as the capstone (Eph 2:20; cf. Is 28:16; Mt 21:42), they are being built into the holy temple of God’s people where the divine presence dwells (Eph 2:21–22).
Psalm 17 calls on the nations to acknowledge God’s supremacy
* [Psalm 117] This shortest of hymns calls on the nations to acknowledge God’s supremacy. The supremacy of Israel’s God has been demonstrated to them by the people’s secure existence, which is owed entirely to God’s gracious fidelity.
Gospel: John 20.24-29 describes Thomas encounter with the Risen Christ.
* [20:28] My Lord and my God: this forms a literary inclusion with the first verse of the gospel: “and the Word was God.”
* [20:29] This verse is a beatitude on future generations; faith, not sight, matters.
Rev. George Meze, SJ shares the Daily Reflection July 3, 2025
https://www.dailyscripture.net/daily-meditation/?ds_year=2025&date=jul3a
Don Schwager Do Not Be Faithless - but Believing
Friar Jude Winkler comments on the texts for July 3, 2025
Richard Rohr (https://cac.org/category/daily-meditations/2025/07/03) introduces A Leading Voice for Liberation.
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