Back in the book of Samuel, after Israel had a long string of judges that couldn’t permanently keep Israel in line (this is the story of the book of Judges), Israel demanded God to put a king over them. God, working through the last judge, the priest Samuel, did so and set Saul over them as king. After Him we had the great king David, then Solomon, etc...
Everybody wants freedom, but nobody knows what it is... Read to find out why.
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The Lord's vineyard. Where did we get that term anyway? Find out this week on Seeking the Word
Bring your sin to the Lord and "drop it like it's hot!" Remember your Mercy, Lord! Read now.
In the story of the rich young man’s encounter with Jesus, we see that the defining question of the encounter is, “Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?” (Matthew 19:16). Christ then lists off a few of the commandments to which the man boldly responds, “All these I have observed; what do I still lack?” What Jesus answers him in return is the centre of Gospel morality and the only way to life eternal: “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” (Emphasis added). This “Come, follow me,” is what we call the Sequela Christi. This is the centre of discipleship with Christ—following Him. It consists in imitating Him, but also in letting Him enter our hearts through the Sacraments and prayer, and, by so doing, becoming...
To answer the question one must first define what is meant by heaven. If by heaven is meant a physical (necessarily so because of the resurrection of the body) and spiritual location somewhere other than this universe where all the saints will go to worship God eternally, then the answer is “no.” Heaven, in this sense, is a revealed doctrine and cannot be known by reason alone. However, if by heaven one means nothing more than...
It is often claimed by vociferous atheists that the concept of faith is an offence against human rationality. There was a time a few years ago when I was roped into an atheist group on Facebook comprised of all sorts of atheists from Gibraltar—my hometown. I was the only “theist” in the group and I quickly became the piece of meat that one lion had brought for the others to feast on. What fun it was! I quickly realised that...
Just as Ezekiel is chosen by God to watch over the house of Israel (God’s people) in our First Reading this Sunday, so too Jesus is appointing His watchmen over the New Israel in our Gospel. These new leaders of the house of Israel are given the extra-ordinary powers of “binding and loosing,” which, in basic terms, means that they...
In the shadow of God’s wings is where Jeremiah finds himself in our First Reading this Sunday. There are two elements to this. First, Jeremiah undergoes a deep doubt of his own vocation because of the fact that he is in a shadow; he is in darkness. Second...
