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Bread Left Over: Reflections on the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Dr. Scott Hahn on 07.27.12 |Bible, elisha, eucharist, Feeding 5000, Hahn, Ordinary Time, Scripture
Today’s liturgy brings together several strands of Old Testament expectation to reveal Jesus as Israel’s promised Messiah and king, the Lord who comes to feed His people.
Notice the parallels between today’s Gospel and First Reading. Both Elisha and Jesus face a crowd of hungry people with only a few “barley” loaves. We hear similar words about how impossible it will be to feed the crowd with so little.… [Continue Reading]
Our Big Day
Posted by Dr. Scott Hahn on 04.04.11 |authority, inerrancy, inspiration, Journal, Letter & Spirit, Scripture
This is a big moment for us—for you and me and those who share in the work of the St. Paul Center. In a sense, it’s a moment we’ve been waiting for since the very day we launched this apostolate.
This month we mark the release of the sixth volume of our journal, Letter & Spirit. This issue took us much longer than any other, and at 432 pages it’s quite large. It is, without a doubt, the most historically… [Continue Reading]
Presenting a Paper for the Matthew Section at SBL
Posted by Dr. Michael Barber on 04.04.11 |Gospel, Matthew, SBL, Scripture
I got word this week that the paper I proposed for the Matthew section at this year’s annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature was accepted. Here’s the abstract:
Jesus’ Teaching on the Law, Deuteronomic Concessions and Eschatological Righteousness: A Re-examination of the Teaching on Divorce and Remarriage in Matthew 5:31–32
In the Sermon on the Mount we find Matthew’s most explicit account… [Continue Reading]
Archbishop Gomez on the Pope's Book as the Model for Scripture Study
Posted by Dr. Michael Barber on 03.21.11 |Archbishop Gomez, Jesus of Nazareth, Pope Benedict XVI, Scripture, Scripture Study
Archbishop Jose Gomez has a piece in the latest Tidings, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, focusing on Benedict’s new book. This is fantastic stuff! Would that all Catholic bishops would write to their faithful about the need to follow Benedict’s example of Scripture study!
Pope Benedict’s attempt to implement the Catholic biblical renewal envisioned by the Second Vatican Council will… [Continue Reading]
New USCCB Document Highlights Biblical Quotations in the Mass
Posted by Dr. Michael Barber on 02.02.11 |Bible, Liturgy, New Translation of the Mass, New Translation of the Missal, Scripture
The Catholic Mass draws heavily from Scripture—in every prayer you hear quotations and allusions to biblical texts. In fact, last year I did a series of presentations now available through Saint Joseph Communications here (shameless plug!) exploring the biblical backdrop for the prayers of the Mass.
Now the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has put out a footnoted version of the prayers… [Continue Reading]
Pope: Synods Fundamental to Church
Says they are a "coming together"
Posted by St. Paul Center on 10.05.08 |News, Scripture, synod
VATICAN CITY, OCT. 5, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Synods are a fundamental part of the Church as they are a “coming together” of the people of God to be one in Christ, says Benedict XVI.
The Pope said this today before praying the midday Angelus together with the crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square, noting that earlier he had presided at the inaugural Mass of the 12th General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod… [Continue Reading]
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