The Good Word

I have started my reading of Verbum Domini the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of Benedict XVI on the ldquo Word of God in the life and mission of the Church rdquo At this point I have skimmed through most of the document and have read through about 30-40 pages carefully As a result my com

All three of this Sunday rsquo s readings put us in mind of the end the eschaton in Greek nbsp So much of the speculation about the eschaton in the modern world comes from those who would like to tell us exactly when and how it will come nbsp Yet the post-exilic prophets the Gospels and the l

Next Sunday is the Feast of Christ the King which brings us to the end of this liturgical year nbsp It is fitting then that the Gospel which precedes the nbsp Feast of Christ the King speak of future things nbsp Our Sunday Gospel cites only a portion of Jesus predictions about the future a

Austen Ivereigh has just drawn our attention at In All Things to the publication of Verbum Domini He writes the post-synodal apostolic exhortation Verbum Domini is the most important Catholic church document on Scripture since the Second Vatican Council s groundbreaking Dogmatic Constitution on

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 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

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

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

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

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