March 2012
15 posts
“Sanctity is not a question of relinquishing or giving up something for Christ:...”
– Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen † (via joecatholic)
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Daily Readings Reflection, 03-23-2012
Reading 1: Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22
The wicked said among themselves, thinking not aright: “Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to us; he sets himself against our doings, Reproaches us for transgressions of the law and charges us with violations of our training. He professes to have knowledge of God and styles himself a child of the LORD. To us he is the censure of our...
Daily Readings Reflection, 03-22-2012
Reading 1: Exodus 32:7-14
The LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once to your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt, for they have become depraved. They have soon turned aside from the way I pointed out to them, making for themselves a molten calf and worshiping it, sacrificing to it and crying out, ‘This is your God, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of...
Daily Readings Reflection, 03-19-2012
Reading 1: 2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16
The LORD spoke to Nathan and said: “Go, tell my servant David, ‘When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins, and I will make his kingdom firm. It is he who shall build a house for my name. And I will make his royal throne firm forever. I will be a father to him, and...
Daily Readings Reflection, 03-14-2012
Reading 1 - Dt 4:1, 5-9
Moses spoke to the people and said: “Now, Israel, hear the statutes and decrees which I am teaching you to observe, that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. Therefore, I teach you the statutes and decrees as the LORD, my God, has commanded me, that you may observe them in the land...
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Critical Methods used in Scriptural Scholarship
A. Textual Criticism - studies/compares ancient texts to arrive at the most accurate version
1. We do not have the “original” of any book of the Old Testament 2. Ancient Hebrew originally had no written vowels: Kng Dvd klld tht wckd prsn, th Phlstn Glth 3. Hand-copied: no proofreaders to check spelling; sometimes copied same phrase twice. 4. Dictation: words sound alike:...
Never Stop Seeking Holiness →
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Father Alex Yeung, LC
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Matthew 7:7-12
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be…
uCatholic: Pope St. Simplicius →
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St. Simplicius, a native of Tivoli, was elected to succeed St. Hilary. His election was peaceful, his pontificate stormy. The empire in the West was dying. After the murder of Valentinian III back in 455, a succession of nine shadow emperors held the throne. Most of these were tools of…
