Part I: The Jewish Passover When reading Scripture, if not read in the context of the Old Testament from a Jewish standpoint, one is not able to fully understand what and why Christ says what He says and does what He does. Christ reveals Himself to the Jewish people as God, not by explicitly tellingContinue reading “Why the Eucharist is Necessary for Salvation”
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The Habit of the Lesser Brothers
“And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring up sackcloth upon every back of yours, and baldness upon every head: and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the latter end thereof as a bitter day.” (Amos 8:10). “Therefore weContinue reading “The Habit of the Lesser Brothers”
On the Crucifixion
Before you read this, please pray for me that God uses my words to reveal the glorious mystery of the Gospel of Christ to all those who have not heard. There is an old Templar chant that the Crusaders would sing together in the chapel called Crucem Sanctam Subiit (He bore The Holy Cross).Continue reading “On the Crucifixion”
On the blessed mother
The object of the Christian life is growing in relationship with the Triune God. We see this perfect model in the Blessed Virgin Mary: the Daughter of God the Father, Mother of God the Son, and Spouse of God the Holy Spirit.
On the Priesthood and the Holy Sacrifice
“Do this in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19). To modern English readers, the notion of priesthood may seem foreign, but to ancient Jewish ears, the sacrificial undertones would have been clear.
On the Real Presence of the Eucharist
When Christ said, “This is my body,” was He conveying a symbolic or literal meaning? And if it was literal, does it indicate a physical presence, or merely a spiritual presence?
The ladder of divine ascent
In the Gospel accounts of Jesus, we see Christ associate Himself with the Ladder of Jacob’s vision.
What’s in a name? A look at the character of God revealed in Exodus 3
“I am” always was, is, and will be from before creation, to the establishment of the Old Covenant with Abraham, to the Exodus, to the establishment of the New Covenant and the death of Jesus, and beyond the Second Coming and establishment of the New Heavens and the New Earth.
Soliloquy on steadfastness
The steadfastness of the LORD is one of His most awe-inspiring characteristics that we have no context for in this world.
The love language of touch
Jesus reaches out to touch us… which, given His holiness and our filthiness, is more radical than we may realize.
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