Today’s Readings – Thursday of Week 10 of Ordinary Time - First Reading

Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:15—4:1,3-6

We continue the point that Paul was making yesterday. We have a passage rich in meaning and full of allusions to the experience at Mount Sinai. He continues telling the Corinthians that observance of the Law by itself can only bring death, while the Spirit brings life.

...to this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds...


Paul now switches from the time of the covenant at Mount Sinai to the present time. He is saying that the Israelites in the time of Moses typify the Jews of the present time, and he may also be referring to some Christians of Jewish origin, who still do not recognise the temporary nature of the glory that was seen in Moses. As a result, when the writings of Moses are read in the synagogue, a veil … Continue

Yesterday’s Readings – Saint Barnabas, Apostle

Barnabas (whose original name was Joseph) was born of Jewish parents on the island of Cyprus about the beginning of the Christian Era. As a Levite (from which tribe the Temple priests came), he naturally spent much time in Jerusalem, probably even before the death of Jesus. He even seems t … Continue