Tag: Bible
Catechetical Institute instrumental in former minister’s return to Church
Barbara Heil spent years studying different aspects of the Catholic faith while serving as a Pentecostal minister.
Grace, love and fellowship
We think of the Bible as revelation without always reflecting on the profound content of what God is revealing. As Pope Paul VI’s 1965 “Dei Verbum” says, “Through divine revelation, God chose to show forth and communicate himself and the eternal decisions of his will regarding the salvation of men. That is to say, he chose to share with them those divine treasures which totally transcend the understanding of the human mind.”
Learn to know Jesus’ voice by reading the Bible, pope says
To know and follow Jesus, a Christian must read the Bible and learn to pray with it, allowing the Holy Spirit to help one understand it and put it into practice, Pope Francis said.
Bible, like cellphone, should be carried always, pope says
Christians should care about reading God’s messages in the Bible as much as they care about checking messages on their cellphones, Pope Francis said.
When the world becomes too much
I will be showing my age and possibly run the risk of losing many Generation X and millennial readers when I use this example, but sometimes when I feel at the end of my rope, or look around at the state of the world or even look at how my day-to-day life can seem out of control, I often think of a 1970s television show called “Hee Haw.”
Good Samaritan shows how to make God’s presence known
It is often remarked in both the secular and Catholic media today that society’s religious beliefs are declining. The Church has been asking the question these last years about what can be done to try to stem the tide of this alarming trend. Her answer so far has been to call for a “new evangelization.”
Daily Scriptures: November 8 – November 22, 2015
Sunday, Nov. 8
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Kings 17:10-16
Hebrews 9:24-28
Mark 12:38-44
Amid distractions, prayer helps lead us to Jesus
Just imagine that you’re going up north on vacation, and on the way you see a blind beggar on the side of the road. You stop to help the man, and he tells you something about yourself that not even your family members can see. This describes the Gospel passage for Oct. 25.
Daily Scriptures: June 21 – July 5, 2015
Sunday, June 21
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Job 38:1, 8-11
2 Corinthians 5:14-17
Mark 4:35-41
New kids’ book, initiative aim to boost Catholic families’ grasp of salvation history
Imagine if every child read the Bible. That’s the goal of four local Catholic women who have spent the last decade preparing a Catholic companion to the Bible for children.
Daily Scriptures: May 10 – May 24, 2015
Sunday, May 10
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48
1 John 4:7-10
John 15:9-17
What’s the biblical basis for belief in purgatory?
Q. So far as I know, the other Christian religions do not provide for a purgatory — only the Catholic Church — and I’m wondering where purgatory is mentioned either in the Bible or in Christ’s teachings.
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