In The Word on the Street, John Martens brings the Bible to where people live: in the church, at home, at work, and in the broader world. This Lectionary commentary for every Sunday of the liturgical year will help readers understand the Bible in light of their daily lives, experiences, and challenges, and help Sunday Mass preachers find new ways to articulate God’s work in the world.
John Martens is known for his contributions to The Word, a popular column in America magazine. The Word on the Street, Year B is the second book in a three-volume series that presents scriptural, liturgical, and preaching commentary for Sundays throughout the year.
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Contents
Preface
First Sunday of Advent:
Daily Distractions
Second Sunday of Advent:
The Comfort of Hope
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
Full of Grace
Third Sunday of Advent:
Waiting on Hope
Fourth Sunday of Advent:
Fulfillment of Hope
The Nativity of the Lord:
God Among Us
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph:
Children of Hope
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God:
The Mother of Jesus
The Epiphany of the Lord:
Journey of Hope
The Baptism of the Lord:
Spirit of Justice
First Sunday of Lent:
In the Wilderness
Second Sunday of Lent:
Hearing God Speak
Third Sunday of Lent:
God’s Word for Us
Fourth Sunday of Lent:
The Weakness of Sin
Fifth Sunday of Lent:
Following the Servant
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion:
A Little Thing
Easter Sunday:
An Empty Tomb
Second Sunday of Easter:
One Heart and Soul
Third Sunday of Easter:
Our Witnesses
Fourth Sunday of Easter:
The Shepherd’s Love
Fifth Sunday of Easter:
Disciples I Fear
Sixth Sunday of Easter:
Same as It Ever Was?
The Ascension of the Lord:
What Time It Is
Seventh Sunday of Easter:
The Fellowship of the Holy Spirit
Pentecost Sunday:
The Spirit of Truth Comes
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity:
Adopted Into the Family of God
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ:
Bread of Heaven
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
Women Together
The Solemnity of All Saints:
Calling All Sinners
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Finding a Friend
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Following a Friend
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Tell Me the Good News
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Work of the Kingdom
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Joy of Wholeness
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Same Old, Same Old
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
A Time to Fast
Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Human Touch
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Life Now and Then
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Kingdom Unusual
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
New Creation
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
No Delight in Death
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Transformed by the Messiah
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Where Do You Live?
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Shepherd Us
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
No One Should Have Nothing
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Hunger for the Truth
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
A Sense of God
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Food of Wisdom
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Subjects, Not Objects
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Just Do It
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Be Strong; Do Not Fear
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Things of God
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Greatest
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Challenge of the Word
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Little Children of the Word
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Spirit of Wisdom
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Suffering Servant
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
The Sum of Mercy
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Hear, O Israel
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Widows and Scribes
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Now or Then
The Solemnity of Christ the King:
King of All
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John W. Martens, Ph D, is professor of theology and director of the Centre for Christian Engagement at St. Mark's College at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. For four years he wrote the Scripture column "The Word" at America Magazine. These columns have been published in three volumes by Liturgical Press, The Word on the Street, Years A, B, and C. He has also written extensively on children in early Christianity, including ‘Let the Little Children Come to Me’: Children and Childhood in Early Christianity (2009), with Cornelia Horn, and Children and Methods: Listening To and Learning From Children in the Biblical World (2020), with Kristine Henriksen Garroway.