Shameless, Joe Heschmeyer: One of the common arguments against clerical celibacy is that St. Peter, the leader of the Apostles and the first pope, was married. After all, Scripture refers to his having a mother-in-law (Matthew 8:14-15), and St. Paul (referring … Continue reading
Community in Mission, Msgr. Pope: This week in daily Mass we are presented with a vivid portrait of the sin of sloth and its effects: A critical moment has arrived for the people of Israel. Having seen the Egyptian army defeated at the … Continue reading
Who am I? No one among the just has waited longer than I to see God face to face. I have a mission that has yet to be fulfilled. I have never eaten meat. For a while I did eat … Continue reading
And there came a certain poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing. And calling his disciples together, he saith to them: Amen I say to you, this poor widow hath cast in more than all … Continue reading
He hath filled the hungry with the good things (Our Lady’s Magnificat) It seems that no matter where I turn in the scriptures I find the term “good things.” Doing a tally from the Douay Concordance, one finds ninety-one usages … Continue reading
An evil and adulterous generation seeketh a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet (Matthew 12:39). Let us see how Our Lord uses the story of Jonas to refute some of … Continue reading
I have given my body to the strikers, and my cheeks to them that plucked them: I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked me, and spit upon me. (Isaias 50:6) In His Agony in the Garden … Continue reading
It is an interesting thing to consider why certain words of the New Testament were kept in Hebrew or Aramaic by the inspired authors rather than translating them into Greek, if indeed they were translatable. Our Lord’s cry from the … Continue reading
What appears to be discrepancies in the accounts of Our Lord’s Resurrection and the witness of Mary Magdalene are not so; they are reconcilable. The readings for Easter moved me to address the issue. So, with the help of Cornelius … Continue reading
In Saint John’s Gospel there is an account particular to this Gospel of the healing of a paralytic by the Pond (or Pool) called Probatica. The poor man had lain there on his pallet for thirty-eight years hoping for a … Continue reading
Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost. Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and … Continue reading
In the Epistle reading on Ash Wednesday we have these verses from the prophet Joel: Now therefore saith the Lord: Be converted to me with all your heart, in fasting, and in weeping, and in mourning. And rend your hearts, and … Continue reading
And he said to them: Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am consummated (Luke 13:32). One cannot accuse the Son of God of being “nice.” … Continue reading
It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs (Matthew 15:26). Now, suppose you were this Gentile woman to whom Jesus addressed these words. Suppose you had lived in the Canaanite … Continue reading
Thou shalt take the fat of the ram, and the rump, and the fat that covereth the lungs, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder, because … Continue reading
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