Following in the Footsteps of Jesus: Meditations on the Gospels for Year B

by José Antonio Pagola

Publisher:

Convivium Press

, 2011

Overview

This personal meditation on the words of Jesus transforms us—more than all the explanations, sermons, and exhortations we read elsewhere, which reach us from the outside. People change from within. Jesus’s words reach within us to transform us unlike any other force. Perhaps this is one of the most serious problems of our religion: too frequently it is not the vital sap of Jesus that passes through our hearts.

The life of the church would be transformed if believers, Christian couples, priests, religious, bishops and educators would make the Gospels their bedside book. This publication offers a guide for reading Sunday Gospels and meditating homilies every week for the liturgical cycle B.

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Key Features

• Offers a guide and homilies for each Sunday Gospel reading
• Presents readers with a brief commentary on the text
• Includes meditations for the readings for the second year of the lectionary cycle

Contents

Top Highlights

“The authority of Jesus is quite different: it does not come from the institution; it is not based on tradition; it has another source; it is full of the life-giving Spirit of God.” (Page 83)

“the dilemma is not that we have too many problems, but that we lack the spiritual strength needed to face them” (Page 85)

“The shepherd who resembles Jesus thinks only of his sheep; he does not flee when he has problems; he does not abandon them. On the contrary, he is by their side; he protects them; he does all he can for them, even exposing his life for their sake.” (Page 67)

“We are not scribes but disciples of Jesus. We must spread a message, not our traditions. We must teach by healing lives, not by indoctrinating minds. We must infuse his spirit, not our theology.” (Page 83)

“We urgently need to listen to this call of Jesus even today” (Page 120)

Product Details

• Title: Following in the Footsteps of Jesus: Meditations on the Gospels for Year B
• Author: José Antonio Pagola
• Series: Series Ministeria
• Publisher: Convivium Press
• Print Publication Date: 2011
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 160
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. N.T. Gospels › Commentaries; Church year meditations
• Resource ID: LLS:FLLWNGFTSTPSJSSB
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:43:50Z

About José Antonio Pagola

José Antonio Pagola was born in Spain in 1937. He completed his theological studies in 1962 at the Papal Gregorian University in Rome, and his studies in Sacred Scripture at the Papal Biblical Institute in Rome in 1963. He also studied biblical sciences at the École Biblique in Jerusalem. Pagola is a professor at St. Sebastian Seminary and at the Faculty of Theology of Northern Spain. He has dedicated his life to biblical studies and Christology and has done research on the historical Jesus for more than 30 years.