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Category Archives: Meditations On Biblical Verses
Mary, the Queen Mother of the Davidic King Who Reigns Forever
Jesus is of the line of King David, the fulfillment of God’s promise to King David: “When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth … Continue reading
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St Paul on Purgatory
St. Paul provides some of the clearest and strongest biblical teachings on Purgatory. In his first Epistle to the Corinthians Paul describes how each of us, after death, will be tested by fire: For no other foundation can any one … Continue reading
What Held Christ to the Cross?
As I was prayerfully reflecting on my planned posting for today, which was to be on St. Catherine of Genoa and Purgatory, my prayer slowly drifted from St. Catherine and Purgatory to Christ Crucified and the question of “What held … Continue reading
Hail Full of Grace
Upon what appears to be a simple greeting of “Hail Full of Grace”, salvation history turns. According to Blessed Alan de la Roche the phrase is heavenly and beyond human understanding in its depth of meaning, it is an unheard … Continue reading
Wrestling with Angles
“Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.” (Genesis 32:24). Wresting with an Angle is a daunting task. Unlike this Gauguin painting depicting Jacob wrestling with an Angle before a crowd of … Continue reading
Epiousious
Sometimes the beauty and mystery of a biblical verse cannot be captured in translation. For example, scholars, saints, and doctors of the Church have been perplexed with how to translate the verse “Give us this day our daily bread.” The … Continue reading
That Which Follows the Beatitudes
Religious and non-religious persons are familiar with Christ’s preaching of the Beatitudes and can at least paraphrase many of them. Likewise, many persons are familiar with what Christ preached following the Beatitudes. However, few are aware that the two are … Continue reading
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Radiate Christ
Christ calls us, not only to follow him, but to also radiate Him from within to others. “As Moses came down from Mount Sinai … the skin of his face had become radiant while he conversed with the Lord” (Exodus … Continue reading
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Mary the Sister of Lazarus
We learn of Lazarus’ sisters Martha and Mary in the Gospels of Luke and John. In Luke we learn that it is Martha who receives Jesus into their house and who serves Him. Mary is given little prominence, and described … Continue reading
To Love and Truth 