“Having an answer implies an intellectual part to the Christian struggle – we are to study the Scripture and the teachings of the Church. But! But not all of us are Scripture scholars or have the time in our busy lives to…”
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The Way, the Truth and the Life (Sunday V of Easter)
When we say that God is Love, what do we Christians actually mean? We don’t mean some mushy sentiment of love that can last for a day, or a year, or a few years. We mean an intentional and self-giving love, such as the ones many of us hopefully have found in marriage. Such aContinue reading “The Way, the Truth and the Life (Sunday V of Easter)”
The Christian priesthood (Sunday II of Easter)
“…you are children new-born, and all your craving must be for the soul’s pure milk, that will nurture you into salvation…”
True sacrifice (Sunday XXXI of Ordered time)
We have something of an identity statement of the Hebrew religion in our first reading today, which you can still hear Jewish people using today, several times weekly, if not daily. They call it the Sh’ma (pictured above in the Hebrew Bible), which is the Hebrew word for ‘hear,’ the first word of the statementContinue reading “True sacrifice (Sunday XXXI of Ordered time)”
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