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Ordinary Time · Year C

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 27, 2028

The Last Judgement, Fra Angelico
The Last Judgement, Fra Angelico, c. 1425–1430Museo di San Marco, Florence
A panel with the open graves running down the centre, the saved dancing in a garden on the left and the damned driven down on the right, painted with equal care.The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God: these readings are about where people end up, and the panel is divided down the middle on exactly that.Fra AngelicoA Dominican friar who painted, canonised in 1982, whose work was made for the cells and corridors his brothers lived in.Museo di San Marco, FlorenceThe Dominican friary where Fra Angelico painted a fresco in every cell, left in place, so the pictures are still in the rooms they were made for.Museo di San Marco, Florence
Roman Lectionary
GospelLuke 13:22-30Lk 13:22-30
Second ReadingHeb. 12:5-7, 11-13Heb 12:5-7, 11-13
First ReadingIsa. 66:18-21Is 66:18-21
Responsorial PsalmPs. 117:1, 2 (Mark 16:15)Ps 117:1, 2 (Mk 16:15)

Overview & Insights

"Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able." (Luke 13:24)

Asked whether only a few will be saved, Jesus answers with a warning to strive through the narrow door before the householder shuts it, and pictures people from east and west, north and south reclining at table in the kingdom of God while some who expected a place are shut out.

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Take it further: Luke 13:22-30

Commentary

Luke 13:22 CommentariesLk 13:22 Commentaries BibleHub

Collects classic commentaries on the narrow door saying.

Luke 13 CommentaryLk 13 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Walks through the narrow door and the coming reversal of insiders and outsiders.

Luke 13:22-30 CommentaryLk 13:22-30 Commentary Precept Austin

A focused verse-by-verse study of this exact passage.

Luke 13 CommentaryLk 13 Commentary Precept Austin

Gives the fuller chapter context leading into the narrow door question.

Luke 13 (Barnes' Notes)Lk 13 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight

Gives Albert Barnes' verse-by-verse notes on the chapter.

Luke 13 (Gill's Exposition)Lk 13 (Gill's Exposition) StudyLight

Adds John Gill's older Reformed reading of the same chapter.

Luke 13 (Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary)Lk 13 (Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary) StudyLight

Gives the Catholic commentary tradition's reading of the narrow door.

Luke 13:24 SermonsLk 13:24 Sermons BibleHub

A library of older preached sermons on striving to enter the narrow door.

Background & Word Study

Luke 13:22 InterlinearLk 13:22 Interlinear BibleHub

Shows the Greek word by word for "strive to enter through the narrow door."

Luke OverviewLk Overview BibleProject

Sets this warning within Luke's larger travel-narrative design.

The Church Fathers

Luke 13 CatenaLk 13 Catena Catena

Gathers patristic comments on the narrow door verse by verse.

Study Hub

Luke 13 TextsLk 13 Texts Textweek

A hub of further links and resources on this chapter for preachers and teachers.

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