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The Good Word
John W. Martens
This is my last entry a little late in a series you can find links to all of the previous entries at What is the Good Word 4 Revelation Inspiration and Inerrancy Part 1 We are called to contemplate and to study the revelation we have been given ldquo This tradition which comes from the A
The Good Word
John W. Martens
The readings for this Sunday bring the idea of the resurrection to the forefront In a recent post at Commonweal Fr Joseph Komanchak with reference to this Sunday rsquo s Gospel reading in Luke 20 27-38 drew on the work of N T Wright in The Resurrection of the Son of God and St Thomas Aquinas
The Good Word
John J. Kilgallen
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp This Gospel story takes place after Jesus has entered Jerusalem Palm Sunday and before his Last Supper nbsp Here Sadducees present a problem to Jesus it is constructed so as to make belief in a resurrection from the dead foolish and impossible nbsp Sadducees believ
The Good Word
John W. Martens
Last year for the Solemnity of All Saints I wrote on the first reading from Revelation 7 to which I referred again in the recent post on ldquo lukewarm rdquo Catholics Recently Fr James Martin drew attention to the saints as he often does in a short video examining the question of who and wh
The Good Word
John W. Martens
Luke includes in his Gospel an account found nowhere else in the Gospel tradition a story which fits well with many of the Lucan themes regarding the value and danger of wealth and possessions ndash not to say that these are not concerns of Jesus himself or not found in the other Gospels just t
The Good Word
John W. Martens
In an interview reported in USA Today Archbishop John Nienstedt ldquo said Jesus Christ directed his followers to lsquo either be hot or cold but if you re lukewarm I don t want that So we want people who live their faith rsquo rdquo This interview was given in response both to a controvers