Category: Exodus

The prayer that we breathe

by bcadmin | Oct 15, 2022 | Exodus, Gospel of Luke, Jesus Christ, Justin Martyr, Moses, News, Prayer, St. Paul, The Dispatch | 0 |

Readings: • Ex 17:8-13 • Ps 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 • 2 Tm 3:14-4:2 • Lk 18:1-8 How long can any of us live without air? A few minutes at best? How long can we […]

3300-year-old burial chamber sheds light on Exodus-era funeral customs

by bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Archeology, Church in the Middle East, Exodus, Holy Land, Israel, lead, News | 0 |

An unprecedented archeological find in Israel is giving people a glimpse of burial customs during the time of Rameses II, often identified as the pharaoh in the Book of Exodus.

Apocalypse How?

by bcadmin | May 6, 2022 | Apocalypse, Easter, Eschatology, Exodus, Jesus Christ, New Covenant, News, Salvation, The Dispatch | 0 |

Readings: • Acts 13:14, 43-52 • Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5 • Rev 7:9, 14b-17 • Jn 10:27-30 Pop quiz: which book of the Bible describes black helicopters, high-tech warfare involving Russia and China, and computer […]

Saved by his cross

by bcadmin | Apr 13, 2022 | Exodus, Jesus' death, Jesus' passion, Jesus' resurrection, Lent, Moses, News, Simcha Fisher | 0 |

Around this time of year, I love to remind everybody of the stunning metaphysical similarities between the Exodus narrative and the passion, death, and Resurrection of Christ. Tell the truth: you groaned a little when you read that. It is one more thin…

Lessons for Lent from the conversion of the Prodigal Son

by bcadmin | Apr 3, 2022 | Essay, Exodus, Features, Jesus Christ, merciful father, Moses, News, parables, Pharisees, prodigal son | 0 |

It is vital to grasp the twofold context in which St. Luke situates his account of the Parable of the Prodigal Son. The first is the immediate context, which shows that the parable, preceded by […]

The Divine Name and the Mystery of God

by bcadmin | Mar 18, 2022 | Baptism, death, Egypt, Exodus, Jesus Christ, Lent, Moses, News, The Dispatch | 0 |

Readings: • Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15 • Ps 103: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11 • 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12 • Lk 13:1-9 When asked why they climb, professional mountaineers often give varied but interconnected reasons. They […]

The Road of Gathering, Exodus, and Salvation

by bcadmin | Oct 22, 2021 | Bartimaeus, Bishop Robert Barron, Exodus, Jeremiah, Jesus Christ, Lumen Gentium, Messiah, Moses, News, The Dispatch, Vatican II | 0 |

Readings: • Jer 31:7-9 • Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 • Heb 5:1-6 • Mk 10:46-52 “In the beginning,” states Lumen Gentium, the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, “God made human nature one […]

The Gift and Challenge of the New Moses

by bcadmin | Jul 30, 2021 | Between the Sundays, Bread of Life, Eucharist, Exodus, Featured, John 6, Living the Faith, manna, Moses, new Moses, News, Real Presence, sin, slavery, typology | 0 |

“Jesus wants to give us much more than free bread or liberation from earthly suffering. But we want to settle for much less.” In this Sunday’s Gospel we hear the continuation of the story of the multiplication of the loaves and fish that we…

The First Sunday of Lent: Deluges and Deserts, Sin and Salvation

by bcadmin | Feb 20, 2021 | Benedict XVI, covenant, Exodus, Jesus Christ, Justin Martyr, Lent, News, Noah, Promised Land, Satan, sin, The Dispatch, The Flood | 0 |

On the Readings for Sunday, February 18, 2018, the First Sunday of Lent […]

Exodus, Lent, and becoming a true nation

by bcadmin | Feb 17, 2021 | America, Exodus, Lent, Leon Kass, News, The Dispatch | 0 |

Ten years ago, I began a most extraordinary Lent by walking up the Aventine Hill to the Basilica of Santa Sabina on the first day of the Roman station church pilgrimage – an eight-week journey […]

Death Isn’t a Person

by bcadmin | Dec 17, 2020 | 2020, angle of death, Benedict XVI, Brad Miner, Catechism, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Death Isn’t a Person, death personified, Death Takes a Holiday, Exodus, Grim Reaper, John Paul II, Jude 1:9, Matthew 24:35, Michael archangel, News, Pope Francis, Revelation 6:1-8, Satan, Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, The Catholic Thing | 0 |

Brad Miner: Francis recently personified death. Some will argue he was speaking casually and, therefore, didn’t mean it. Maybe that’s true.

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The Holy Spirit and the Old Testament

by bcadmin | May 29, 2020 | Apostles, Between the Sundays, Confirmation, Dry bones, evangelize, Exodus, Ezekiel, Featured, Holy Spirit, Joel, Living the Faith, mission, Mount Sinai, News, Pentecost, Tower of Babel | 0 |

“The readings at the Vigil introduce us to the Holy Spirit and His mission through Old Testament typology and prophecy.” The Extended Vigil for Pentecost Many years ago while studying in Rome, I was able to attend an extended Vigil Mass for P…