Did you know that the Feast of Booths is also called the Feast of Tabernacles? And yet, the celebratory days had nothing to do with Jesus being present in the Eucharist, in a Tabernacle, as we know a tabernacle to be today, for they did not have Jesus’ gift of His Body.
Read MoreWhat if you wanted to know every verse that contained the word “love” in it? There’s a book for that.
What if you wanted to know every verse that had the phrase “peace be with you” or “Holy, holy, holy”? There’s a book for that.
What if you wanted to know every verse that had to do with the topic of charity? What if we said there is a book for that?
Read MoreI am big on finding the full meaning of stuff and completely understanding what I read. How many times have we when reading anything got through a chunk of the reading, looked up and did the cartoon shake of your head because...
Read MoreI grew up in Rancho Cucamonga, California with parents born and raised in Michigan, I have a brother that lives in California and one in Minnesota and I am married to a man from Pennsylvania. I’m sure you can only imagine the plethora of ways to say words.
Read MoreMy favorite part of the New Testament is the ‘gotcha’ factor that comes with reading it after reading the Old Testament. You know what I am talking about. That moment in time when something finally clicks and it all makes sense. It is almost like a lightbulb went on in your head. Or its that moment where you think no one is in the room and you say, “ohhhhhhhh I got it.” Yes that is the New Testament.
Read MoreI will never forget this one specific January day in Austria. I was studying abroad with 150 other students from my school and I was in my first class of my third theology class for the semester. In walks in a tall, skinny man with the biggest smile on his face. As he started class every word out of his mouth...
Read MoreSisters, this is your weekly "Art for the Heart".
Each Sunday we will share a screen saver for your smart phone or tablet (or both) featuring a thought for the week.
Read MoreThe Bible has everything a reader could want: romance, murder, mystery, historical accounts, biographical stories, tales with a moral, happy endings, drama, suspense, and stories of the future.
Read MoreYesterday, we talked about the number of books in a Catholic bible. Why is it so important to have the full text? Well, I have a story to share.
It’s 393 A.D.,...
Read MoreThe bible comes in many languages in the modern world. But the languages that the original texts of the books which comprise the Bible are Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic. Around the year 400 A.D., St. Jerome, notably famous for his quote “ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ”, translated the Bible into Latin. From Latin, it was
Read MoreWhen we read the Bible to build up our spiritual lives and knowledge of the faith, we will inevitably come across concepts or themes that challenge us. Oftentimes they will do so by calling us on to greater holiness, but sometimes we will simply struggle with the truth of what's being said. A lot of good fruit can come from these times when we're wrestling with the Word of God, but it can also just be confusing and uncomfortable.
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What we put into our minds, what we consume, forms our hearts. What is internalized in our hearts comes out of our mouths and our actions. Do we fill our minds with praying and meditating on Scripture or with other things? What do we choose to nourish us? Because all of it will affect...
Read MoreIt can be tempting to think of the Bible as a an ancient text that some old guys wrote, a text that is outdated and written for people who didn't have to deal with all the worries of today. Perhaps you feel that Catholics don't really know the Bible that well because...
Read MoreSisters, this is your weekly "Art for the Heart".
Each Sunday we will share a screen saver for your smart phone or tablet (or both) featuring a thought for the week.
Read MoreSisters! We launch today!!
Are you as excited as we are? We are jumping out of our flip-flops!! There isn't enough punctuation to help display just how excited we are. This process has been long and quick all at the same time. Mother Mary and her Son have...
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