The Good Word

The past week has been a difficult one for blogging as final papers and final exams pour in It is not necessarily an onerous task it is just that there is so much Writing on the Scripture even in a blog format requires time and thought and for the next week or so that will be given over to gra

Saul rsquo s conversion experience described in the readings for today nbsp is amongst the most shocking events in early Christianity which is saying something but Thomas Aquinas would not call it miraculous as each soul is prepared to receive grace which Paul received in abundance Thomas say

There will be a story on Fox 9 news the local Fox affiliate in the Twin Cities on recent disasters claims that the end will occur on May 21 2011 with the final end on October 11 2011 and apocalyptic thought in relation to these events and claims The reporter on the story Tom Lyden intervi

In the readings for the Third Sunday of Easter the promise of life beyond this one is explained and offered It is the very nature of loss in life which draws us to the hope and promise of the world to come There is an ache that yearns for more life is good and so we want more of it especially t

The local diocesan newspaper here in the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis The Catholic Spirit nbsp has a short piece on some comments the Pope sent to the Pontifical Biblical Commission whose members were meeting from May2-6 to discuss Inspiration and Truth in the Bible The Pope accordi

The more you think about the resurrection the more bizarre it seems Bizarre in the sense of out of the ordinary peculiar odd – you can look up more synonyms on Microsoft Word I do not mean that it seems unreasonable oddly which some people might initially suspect for if one posits a living G

I appreciate that you have listened to me for so many days but I want you to walk beside me while I tell you something else Please please join me walk beside me I told you yesterday that Cleopas and I had decided or at least were thinking about walking home today Sunday and that is what we a

Today is Saturday We just sat on the floor and stayed hidden out of sight and prayed I have never seen so many people crushed in this way I sat without moving but it felt as if I were stumbling falling in the dark We did talk about Jesus but there was such a sense of loss in the room It wa

I would rather not talk to you today I have no idea what happened no idea what just took place After the meal the Apostles walked with Jesus to the garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives All of the Apostles but one Judas had already left The others said that there was a strange tension

The Twelve Apostles were sent to prepare for a supper in Jerusalem how many times have they shared a table together with Jesus over the years whether they actually had food or not when they had sat down to eat or had known what kind of food he would put on the table Jesus had supplied answers to