Loving Jesus

Mark A. Scott, OCSO, a native Californian, is a professed monk of the Abbey of Our Lady of New Clairvaux, Vina, California, a monastery of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists). He has served as abbot of two monasteries of his Order in the United States. He holds a licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome. He is the author of At Home with Saint Benedict, published by Cistercian Publications in the Monastic Wisdom Series.

Contents

Acknowledgments   ix
Abbreviations   xi
Author’s Note   xv
Preface: Reading the Gospel   xvii
Monastery Talks
  1 On Matthew 4:12-13    3
  2 On Matthew 4:13, 16    8
  3 On Matthew 4:17    15
  4 On Matthew 4:18    20
  5 On Matthew 4:18-22    24
  6 On Matthew 4:23-25    30
  7 On Matthew 5:1-3    35
  8 On Matthew 5:3-11    41
  9 On Matthew 5:11-12    44
10 On Matthew 5:11    47
11 On Matthew 5:13    52
12 On Matthew 5:14    57
13 On Matthew 5:17-18    62
14 On Matthew 6:1-8, 16-18    67
15 On Matthew 6:7-8    71
16 On Matthew 6:9    76 
17 On Matthew 6:9-10    82
18 On Matthew 6:11-12 I    85
19 On Matthew 6:11-12 II    89
20 On Matthew 6:13 I    92
21 On Matthew 6:13 II    97
22 On Matthew 6:20-21    102
23 On Matthew 6:22-23    107
24 On Matthew 6:25    112
25 On Matthew 6:34    116
26 On Matthew 7:1-5    121
27 On Matthew 7:6    125
28 On Matthew 7:7-14    130
29 On Matthew 7:24-27    134
30 On Matthew 8:1-3    138
31 On Matthew 8:5-13    143
32 On Matthew 8:14-15    147
33 On Matthew 8:16    150
34 On Matthew 8:18-22    154
35 On Matthew 8:23-26    159
36 On Matthew 8:28–9:1    163
37 On Matthew 9:1-8    168
38 On Matthew 9:9-13    172
39 On Matthew 9:10-13    177
40 On Matthew 9:14-15    182
41 On Matthew 9:16-17    188
42 On Matthew 9:18-26    193
43 On Matthew 9:27-31    197
44 On Matthew 9:32-37    201