Articles Archive for August 2009
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Paul begins the main part of his letter to the Thessalonians by recalling how he first came to Thessalonica. He has had quite an experience in Philippi, an experience Luke narrates in Acts 16:16-40. …
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St. Bartholomew on the Web
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Bartholomew
Catholic Online: St. Bartholomew
WikiPedia: St. Bartholomew
On John 1:41-51
Expository: Come and See
Exegetical Commentary on John 1:19-51
Lectio: John 1:45-51
The Roman Theological Forum: The Call of Nathanael
John 1:19-45: …
The reading guides for the 21st to the 24th Sundays of OT B are now available. Some Scriptural readings have two guides while others have none at all, especially for the first readings. This is …
The Assumption in the Catechism
966 “Finally the Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all stain of original sin, when the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, …
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Overview
Joshua 24 can be divided as follows
1. The assembly at Sichem
2-13 Recitation of Saving Events
2-4 From Abraham to Jacob in Egypt5-7b From Moses and Aaron to the destruction of the Pharaoh in …
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The Book of Joshua is designated by scholars as one of the books constituting Deuteronomistic History. It is so called because it was written under the influence of the theology that dominates the book …
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At the end of Deuteronomy, we are told four things:
God showed Moses the extent of the Promised Land just as He did to Abraham, from Mt. Nebo. But He showed it to Moses …
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The day’s responsorial psalm is taken from a text more ancient than the book of Deuteronomy itself. Deuteronomy 32 is a poetic text composed like a lawsuit discourse but ends up like a psalm …
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Links to Articles about St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence — Deacon and Martyr
St. Augustine’s Tribute to St. Lawrence
WikiPedia: Lawrence of Rome
SPQN: St. Lawrence of Rome
Catholic Online: St. Lawrence martyr
Biography: Laurence, Deacon and Martyr (10 August …
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The “Shema Yishrael” is like the “Panatang Makabayan” of the People of God. It is Moses the Lawgiver who passes it on to the Israelites as the expression of their gratitude for all that …
