Jesus tells us his plan of action: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.” When you look at Sermon on the Mount as a whole you can see what the law fulfilled would look like. Instead of thinking in terms… Read More »
JUNE92020
Elijah is a major figures in Judaism. To this day, a place is set for Elijah at the Passover table. The Bible recognizes him as one who was zealous for God. His very name Eli-jah translates as “My God is Yahweh.” His complete dedication to God gets him in trouble with the king so he… Read More »
JUNE82020
Jesus began the Sermon on the Mount with the Beatitudes. They serve as a vision statement for the entire mission of Jesus. In the current social context one of the beatitudes stands out: Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. Those who are protesting the racism which is endemic… Read More »
JUNE72020
In The Color Purple Alice Walker reminds us how important it is to chase the wrong image of God out of our heads. If we think of God as a white man with a long beard sitting on a throne above it all our spiritual lives will be skewed. This monarchical portrait of God developed when… Read More »
JUNE62020
In many of the protest marches you hear the slogan chanted: No Justice, No Peace. The problem comes in imagining that these are choices. The protesters want justice. The government wants peace. For a Christian there is not a choice between justice and peace for they are two sides of the same coin. So when… Read More »
JUNE52020
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness. When St. Paul instructs his young apprentice Timothy that Sacred Scripture gives the wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus he is referring to the only Scripture he knew, the Hebrew Bible, what Christians call the… Read More »
JUNE42020
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The great commandment of Jesus, any school child could tell you, is love of God and love of neighbor. However, when you look at the commandments pronounced by Jesus there are three loves described: love of God, love… Read More »
JUNE32020
St. Paul wrote to his young apprentice, Timothy: bear your share of hardship for the Gospel. The hardships St. Paul endured — being stoned, whipped, shipwrecked — seem pretty dramatic. The hardships I endure for the gospel seem tame in comparison but they still challenge me. It is a hardship to “love my enemies, do good… Read More »
JUNE22020
In the prayer of the Church called the Liturgy of the Hours there is a daily reading from one of the Fathers of the Church or a saint or Church document. Today’s reading was from St. Dorotheus of Gaza, a sixth century monk. He challenges us: where do disturbances come from? His answer, because no… Read More »
JUNE12020
Today the Church celebrates a new feast: Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. The interesting lesson chosen for the date is from the story of the temptation of Adam and Even in Genesis. God asked the woman, “Why did you do such a thing?” The woman answered, “The serpent tricked me into it, so… Read More »
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