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Our Golden Calf
Have our needs become our gods? All too often we seek happiness and security in fulfilling them. Our needs may be financial (money, wealth), bodily (sexual, food, sensual) or emotional (power, fame). Whatever, they are. We become obsessed with them. … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Meditations On Biblical Verses
Tagged Catholic, Catholicism, Christian., Golden Calf, Matthew 11:30, Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:32-34
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Living the Christian Faith
Living the Christian faith is more than a personal relationship with God. It is more than attending church on Sunday and more than a compassionate concern for others. The Christian faith is a way of living. Christians are called to … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged Catholic, Catholicism, Christian Faith, Christian Life, Christianity, Kingdom of God, Leaven, Light of the World, Salt of the Earth
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Why I Prefer a Crucifix to a Cross
A cross is a reminder of Jesus’ death and a symbol of the Christian faith. It is the object to which Jesus’s body was nailed. It is also the object to which numerous criminals and insurrectionists were put to death … Continue reading
The Sabbath and The Lord’s Day
The Table below summarizes some of similarities and differences between the Sabbath of the Old Covenant and the Lord’s Day of the New Covenant. The Sabbath The Lord’s Day Saturday Sunday Seventh Day of Week First or Eighth Day of … Continue reading
Posted in This & That
Tagged Age to Come, Catholicism, Christ’s Passover, Christ’s Resurrection, Christian., Deuteronomy 5:12, Deuteronomy 5:15, Eighth Day of Week, Eucharist, Exodus 20:11, Exodus 31:15, First Day of Week, John 7:23, Lord’s Day, Mark 2:27-28, Matthew 28:1, New Covenant, Old Covenant, paschal mystery, Passover, Present Age, Psalm 118:24, Sabbath, Seventh Day of Week
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You will be Persecuted and Reviled
What are we as Christian to take of Jesus’ opening and closing statements of his public ministry, where he speaks of the rejection and hatred that we, his followers, will experience? In the opening sermon of his ministry, Jesus speaks … Continue reading
My Son, My Son
A Meditation on the Parable of The Prodigal Son My Son. My Son. The pain! Conceived in my heart. Sprung from my loins. Your debauchery of your birthright does not pain. Declaring that I am dead to you pains. In … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Catholic, Catholicism, Christian., Fatherly Love, Fatherly Mercy, Luke 15:11-32, The Prodigal Son
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The Sacrifice of Able as a Prototype of the Eucharist
Three sacrifices are presented in the story of Cain and Able following the fall of Adam and Evil. After banishment from the Garden of Eden, sacrifice is the first interaction of man with the Lord. Both Cain and Able offer … Continue reading
Posted in Eucharist
Tagged Able, Adam and Eve, Cain, Cain and Able, Catholic, Catholicism, Christian., Eucharist, Fat Portions, Firstlings, Lamb of God, Offering, Sacrifices
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The Fall of Adam and Eve as a Prototype to the Eucharist
The story of Adam and Eve involves three covenants: God’s covenant with humanity; the marital covenant between man and woman; and the breaking of the covenant between humanity and God through an act of eating. On the seventh day God … Continue reading
Posted in Eucharist
Tagged Adam and Eve, Catholic, Covenant, Eucharist, Garden of Eden, marital covenant, marital relationship, marriage, the Fall, Tree of Knowledge, Tree of Life
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Corpus Christi
This Sunday was the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. The solemnity celebrates Jesus’ institution of the Eucharistic sacrifice of his Body and Blood at the Last Supper. The Eucharist is the wellspring, from which we drawn life, and pinnacle of Christian … Continue reading
To Love and Truth 