Derision and reproach all day long (Sunday XXII of Ordered time)

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercy of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing unto God, your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world; but be reformed in the newness of your mind, that you may prove what is the good, and the acceptable, and the perfectContinue reading “Derision and reproach all day long (Sunday XXII of Ordered time)”

Reading through the book of Tobias

The most interesting story in the Bible is a bit of a suspenseful thriller, if I may call it that. The scene is set of a father (let’s call him Tobias Senior) who has spent his wealth on giving alms to the poor and his energy on the burial of dead bodies, particular of Jews.Continue reading “Reading through the book of Tobias”