There is a joke I have been telling people in the last few weeks. Not a joke, really, more of a jocular quip. I mentioned to a few friends and correspondents that I have to find out who the patron … Continue reading
Category: Holy Scripture
Mary Was Not an ‘Unwed Mother’
Listening to Sister Deirdre Byrne’s otherwise wonderful speech at the RNC I was taken aback by her referral to Our Lady as an “unwed mother.” The speech could hardly have been more Catholic if it were not for that unfortunate … Continue reading
Letter to the Philippians, the Faith in Four Short Chapters
It was suggested to me recently to comment on Saint Paul’s Letter to the Philippians, chapter 4, vss 4-9. The pastoral love of the apostle for this particular church, which he calls his “joy” and his “crown,” is so deep … Continue reading
The Seven Hebrew Names of God
Let them give praise to thy great name: for it is terrible and holy (Psalm 98:3). “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” (Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet). Yes, in the languages of the world, when it comes … Continue reading
Story of Joseph and the Famine Proved by Science
+UCatholic, Billy Ryan: The life of Joseph is one of the most well known biblical narratives in the Book of Genesis and the Bible in all, set around 1600 – 1700 BC in Canaan, modern day Palestine, Syria and Israel. … Continue reading
A Word to the Wise: Mind Your Own Business
“Seek not the things that are too high for thee, and search not into things above thy ability: but the things that God hath commanded thee, think on them always, and in many of his works be not curious.” (Ecclesiasticus 3:22) Community in Mission, Monsignor Pope”: In the … Continue reading
A Quick Rebuttal to Those Catholic Authors Who Question Saint Joseph’s Perpetual Virginity
I came across a website today called The Restless Pilgrim. There is a brief article from 2013 which was written to defend Our Lady’s Perpetual Virginity. The article “The ‘brothers’ of Jesus” is very good and worth reading. There is … Continue reading
Noli Me Tangere, ‘Do Not Cling to Me’
Community in Mission, Monsignor Charles Pope: As the Easter Octave unfolds, we have in the Gospel this enigmatic statement of Our Lord Jesus to Mary Magdalene: Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; … Continue reading
Can We Know the Exact Date of Our Lord’s Death?
Yes! National Catholic Register, Jimmy Atkin: We are in the midst of our annual celebrations of Jesus’ death and resurrection. We all know that this happened in Jerusalem in the first century. That separates Jesus from mythical pagan deities, who … Continue reading
The Use of Irony in Saint John’s Passion Account
Community in Mission, Monsignor Pope: Last Sunday’s Gospel about the raising of Lazarus points to a supreme irony in the Gospel of John: Jesus’ very act of raising Lazarus from the dead confirms the Jewish temple leaders in their conviction … Continue reading
I Will Not Remember Their Sins
It is written (Ezechiel 18:22): “I will not remember all his iniquities that he hath done: in his justice which he hath wrought, he shall live.” Saint Thomas in the third part of his Summa Theologica, Q. 86, art. 1 … Continue reading