Martin Madalai Muthu csc – Readings: Heb 11: 32-40; Mk 5: 1-20 Mark describes the first exorcism performed by Jesus in a pagan territory. This act of healing explains to us the love of Jesus and describes three main characteristics of the love of Jesus. Jesus reaches out to all; He transforms others, and He... Continue Reading →
Samaritans, The Woman at the Well, And The Background Of John 4
The Gospel of John is one that greatly helps us understand exactly who Jesus is. John has a higher Christology than the synoptics and was the last written. In the Gospel of John, we have many key doctrine such as the personification of God’s Word in the person of Christ, as well as a synthetic... Continue Reading →
Sunday Mass Readings and Reflections
Sunday, January 15 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Roman Ordinary calendar St Paul of Thebes Book of Isaiah 49,3.5-6. The LORD said to me: You are my servant, Israel, through whom I show my glory. For now the LORD has spoken who formed me as his servant from the womb, That Jacob may be brought back to him and... Continue Reading →
Jeremiah 29 And A Message Of Hope
The book of Jeremiah is a book filled with tragedy, beauty, and redemption. Jeremiah 29 takes place after the exile of the people to Babylon. In 597 B.C., the king Jehoiachin surrendered to the conquering Babylonian empire and the nobility were exiled to Babylon[1]. To fully understand the context of Jeremiah 29 it is helpful... Continue Reading →
The Prophet Ezekiel And Restoration
In sacred scripture there are only three people that were taken up to Heaven. One was our Lord Jesus Christ, but since He did this under His own power He actually ascended. The other two are Enoch and Ezekiel. Ezekiel was a younger contemporary of Jeremiah, lived through the last days of Judah and the... Continue Reading →
Know The Old Testament To Understand The New
Understanding the Old Testament is essential in understanding the New. Too often the Christians of today neglect the Old Testament. It is seen as a book of laws that do not really apply because Christ established the new covenant. Coogan states “The writings that counted as scripture for the New Testament writers are those they... Continue Reading →
The Gospel Of Mark And The Problem Of Q
The authorship of the Gospels is a topic that is interesting. There has been much work done on the topic and modern scholarship, at least since the 19th century, has come to the conclusion that the Gospel of Mark was written first[1]. This was not always the case, and many church fathers held that Matthew... Continue Reading →
Study The Genealogy Of Jesus
An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham.2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the... Continue Reading →
The Prophet Jeremiah And Its Relation To Other Literature
Jeremiah is key book in the Old Testament. Jeremiah was a major prophet because we know a great deal about his background (See Jer. 1). The book that bears his name is the longest in the Hebrew Bible and deals with many key themes that influence the course of the Israelites. His prophetic ministry spans... Continue Reading →