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The Transcendent Happiness of the Beatitudes
If you’re like me, the first time you ever took the trouble to learn the Beatitudes it was a list you had to memorize in catechism class. For most people, that is all the Beatitudes has been: a list, and now likely a forgotten list. What many don’t realize is that the Beatitudes were at the very heart of the teaching of Jesus Christ, and that they are a not a memorization exercise but way of life to be lived.The world first heard the Beatitudes proclaimed overlooking the Sea of Galilee, in the S
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Feb 17th 2023
Mysteries Revealed: Jesus and the Woman Caught in Adultery
The conversations of Jesus are different from his parables. The parables tend to be more generic, more applicable to different persons and circumstances. They also are presented in figurative language. The conversations of Jesus, on the other hand, are more concrete and direct. They show Jesus engaged with real, historical individuals, and these encounters are not described in metaphors or figurative language. For this very reason, they can strike the reader more forcefully and immediately. The
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Jun 3rd 2020
Christ is the Key that Unlocks all of Scripture
Even read merely as a piece of literature, the parable of the
prodigal son is starkly beautiful. But when read as the word of God, it
bears the power of eternal salvation to those who read it with an open
heart.A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father: “Father, give me the portion of the substance that falls to me.” And he divided his substance to them. And not many days later, the younger son, gathering everything together, went abroad into a far country; and
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Apr 28th 2020
The Sower and the Seeds: The Key to Understanding the Parables
Before entering into an explanation of these parables, perhaps a word ought to be said about what a parable is and why it needs explanation in the first place. A parable is a verbal expression, usually a story, whether spoken or written, that uses figures and images to communicate profound truths. Precisely because the truths that are communicated are profound, attempts to express them in plain language to ordinary people can be difficult. In some way, a parable proportions these profound truths
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Apr 2nd 2020
Jesus and the Man Born Blind
The parables Jesus told are filled with powerful secrets that reveal the mysteries of God’s kingdom.In this excerpt, Fr. Walshe takes a look at the Gospel reading from last weekend, the fourth Sunday in Lent...This passage about the man born blind is, like the passage about the Samaritan woman at the well, found only in the Gospel of St. John. It is also read in the Church especially during Lent, and it is particularly instructive for those preparing for baptism.As Jesus passed by he saw a man b
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Mar 26th 2020