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by bcadmin | Jul 23, 2022 | Abraham, covenant, Jesus Christ, Justice, Lot, News, Old Testament, Richard Dawkins, Sodom and Gomorrah, The Dispatch, The God Delusion | 0 |
Readings: • Gn 18:20-32 • Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 6-7, 7-8 • Col 2:12-14 • Lk 11:1-13 According to atheist Richard Dawkins in his best-selling book The God Delusion, the God of the Old Testament is “arguably […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 23, 2022 | Annunciation, Best of Week, Featured, Mary, News, Old Testament, Prayer & Spirituality | 0 |
Behind the Annunciation stand several familiar Old Testament figures like Eve, Sarah, and Hannah. But there is another set of hidden figures who foreshadow Mary’s encounter with the angel. They include a warrior judge, an assassin widow, and a runaway slave. ‘The Lord is with you’ The first thing the angel tells Mary is, “The […]
by bcadmin | Mar 14, 2022 | Best of Week, Featured, News, Old Testament, Prayer, Prayer & Spirituality | 0 |
The Hebrew word for prayer, palal (pronounced: paw-lal’), does not appear until sometime later, in Genesis 20:7. The word is spoken by God in a dream to Abimelech urging him to return Abraham’s wife so that Abraham might pray for him. Abimelech does this and Abraham prays as prophesied 10 verses later. But it is […]
by bcadmin | Dec 17, 2021 | Advent, Between the Sundays, Christmas, covenant, Featured, genealogies, genealogy, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ, Living the Faith, News, Old Testament, promise, waiting | 0 |
“In this beginning of Matthew’s story, they hear much more than a list of names.” Today begins the octave before Christmas. While octaves following important feast days (Easter, Christmas, Pentecost) are an important part of our liturgic…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 15, 2021 | Best of Week, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, Old Testament, providence | 0 |
For St. Irenaeus, an early Church Father, Providence—God’s plan for all creation in time—was a work of epic beauty. Beauty always has a certain harmony and coherence to it. But sometimes, from our perspective, God’s plans do not make sense to us. It’s not simply that things haven’t been working out or maybe didn’t work […]
by bcadmin | Oct 1, 2021 | contrition, Encountering the Word, forgiveness, Mercy, News, Old Testament, Psalms, Scripture | 0 |
Encountering the Word — Your Daily Bible Verses Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy steadfast love; according to thy abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! (Psalm 51:1-2) Print …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 16, 2021 | Abraham, angel, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, Old Testament | 0 |
You are now pregnant and shall bear a son;you shall name him Ishmael,For the LORD has heeded your affliction.He shall be a wild ass of a man,his hand against everyone,and everyone’s hand against him;Alongside all his kindredshall he encamp. (Genesis 16:11-12) For the LORD has heeded your affliction.He shall be a wild ass of a […]
by bcadmin | Aug 13, 2021 | Biblical interpretation, Culture, Featured, News, Noah's Ark, Old Testament | 0 |
The great flood story from Genesis 6-8 has been widely debated among theologians with regards to accuracy and authenticity. The Catholic Church neither requires or prohibits a worldwide flood to be interpreted from Sacred Scripture. Rather, the Church understands these accounts to be translated with “simple and metaphorical language adapted to the mentality of a […]
by bcadmin | Aug 6, 2021 | Danielle Bean, God loves us all, News, Old Testament, sacred art, Sacred Scripture, Spirituality | 0 |
What the Bible teaches us about God’s unique love for women.
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by bcadmin | Jun 23, 2021 | Herod, Jesus Christ, Marriage, New Testament, News, Old Testament, St. John Henry Newman, St. John the Baptist, The Dispatch | 0 |
Many years ago, a play came out called “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner,” the point being that the life of such an athlete is unique and requires a certain style of personality and […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 1, 2021 | Apologetics, Featured, News, Noah, Noah's Ark, Old Testament | 0 |
Just about everybody in our culture today knows the story of Noah. Humanity became so corrupt and sinful that God decided to wipe everybody out with a massive flood and start all over again with one righteous man and his family. It is one of the most famous stories in all of Scripture, and it […]
by bcadmin | Apr 23, 2021 | contrition, Encountering the Word, forgiveness, Mercy, News, Old Testament, Psalms, Scripture | 0 |
Encountering the Word — Your Daily Bible Verses Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy steadfast love; according to thy abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! (Psalm 51:1-2) Please…
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