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by bcadmin | Mar 5, 2022 | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Lent, News, Scripture, Sunday Reflections | 0 |
Why does Lent have forty days? What is the meaning of the number forty in the Old and New Testaments, and the meaning of the fasting and temptation of Jesus Christ in the desert? In the English language, the special season before Easter is called …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 4, 2021 | Advent, Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Gospel, Hope, Jesus Christ, News, Scripture, Sunday Reflections, Word of God | 0 |
Image: Photo by JOHN TOWNER on Unsplash This post treats of the theological virtue of hope as desire and confident expectation of eternal joy. Advent is a season of joy & hope. Paul says to rejoice in hope. But what is hope, anyway? …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 25, 2021 | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Eucharist, Knowing the Faith, News, thanksgiving | 0 |
Image: Adoration of the Mystic Lamb by Jan van Eyck | Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons For Americans, the term “Thanksgiving” conjures up images of turkey and cranberry sauce, parades and bowl games. These are “traditions” that have …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 13, 2021 | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Gospel, Jesus Christ, News, Revelation, Scripture, Sunday Reflections, Word of God | 0 |
Image: “Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos” (detail) by Titian | Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons The Apocalypse — What does the Bible really teach about the End of the World, Armageddon, the second coming of Jesus Christ and the f…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 6, 2021 | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Elijah, Gospel, heroic virtue, Jesus Christ, News, Scripture, St. Mark, Sunday Reflections, Widow's Mite, Word of God, Zarephath | 0 |
The gospel story of the Widow’s Mite and the Old Testament visit of the prophet Elijah to the Widow of Zarephath are well known bible tales. Two simple but heroic women — who call us to heroic virtue in a hidden way, in the midst of everyday life. The…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 2, 2021 | All Soul's Day, Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Knowing the Faith, News, Purgatory | 0 |
I’ll never forget that bleak January day when my father died. It was very hard to believe in the resurrection as I watched the undertakers carry away his lifeless corpse in a body bag. But imagine this scene. You are an unborn child who has…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 30, 2021 | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Gospel, Jesus Christ, News, Scripture, St. Mark, Sunday Reflections, The Great Commandment, Word of God | 0 |
Hear O Israel! Most have heard of the Great Commandment – to love God with your whole heart and your neighbor as yourself. But if God is just and salvation depends upon perfect obedience to this command, who can be saved? A nice hotel…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 23, 2021 | Bartimaeus, Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Faith, Gospel, Jesus Christ, News, Scripture, St. Mark, Sunday Reflections, Word of God | 0 |
The story of Bartimaeus, the blind beggar who met Jesus on the road to Jericho, is a dramatic event from the Gospel of Mark that illustrates something very important about the true nature of Christian faith. There were hundreds in the crowd that day a…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 9, 2021 | Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Gospel, Jesus Christ, King Solomon, News, Rich Young Man, Scripture, St. Mark, Sunday Reflections, Word of God | 0 |
Both the Rich Young Man in Mark’s Gospel and King Solomon had a very difficult choice to make. In a similar moment of decision, what would be the desire of your heart? Wisdom and adventure, or comfort and convenience? Where do true riches…and security……
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