The Sacred Page

Here is what I've been doing at the ChristianForums with some of the posters who pay attention to my messages. It is called a Bible Chain. What it is is explained in the first post. Here it is: * * * Christian Forums THREAD * * *... Sign in to see full entry.

I've had the chance to blog about Luke 24:13-35, but rereading it this afternoon made me ask the question: What things lead men away from salvation? The obvious reason is "sin" -- we know this from the catechism. But people don't ususally commit sin understood as an "offense against God", unless... Sign in to see full entry.

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. (The Nunc Dimittis, Luke 2:29-32) "In accord with the designs... Sign in to see full entry.

John 3 has been read in continuation during yesterday's and today's mass. A lot of born again christians look to this chapter in John for a lot of their faith convictions. I'll pick out three and comment on them... 1. "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."... Sign in to see full entry.

Luke 24:13+ is interesting in that it is a story that arranges the scenes of a Resurrection appearance of Jesus according to an intention that is catechetical. It emphasizes the idea that the events of Good Friday can only be understood through the Scriptures as interpreted by the Risen Lord; The... Sign in to see full entry.

John's eleventh chapter is about the story of Lazarus. It is last of the signs that Jesus performs in the section of John's gospel which bible scholars call "The Book of Signs." I have discussed elsewhere three levels of meaning one can find in the text. In verse 34, one finds Jesus asking "Where... Sign in to see full entry.

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the... Sign in to see full entry.

The story of the raising of Lazarus in John 11 is used in the Catholic Burial Rite. The story itself allows us to see how Christ feels for every Christian (a friend, "I call you friends," Jn. 15:15) who passes away and those who mourn at his passing. The scene involving the Lord and Mary which... Sign in to see full entry.

Lazarus was only a sign of what the Savior of the world, the Resurrection and the Life, would do for all humanity. Source: Victor Hoagland All things being said, in the dramatically painful confrontation with death it is not theory or explanation that satisfies or consoles us. Christian belief in... Sign in to see full entry.

John 9 is about the story of a man touched by the Lord, how people react to him, how he is rejected and found by the Lord. It is told within a context provided by a historical event: the expulsion of Christians from the Jewish synagogue. The man born blind is a type of the Christian who after... Sign in to see full entry.