It’s only three pages, only four chapters, and yet almost everyone knows its story. Jonah and the Whale! Its absurdity is something that sticks out—to be swallowed in the belly of a fish and spit back out. That’s the simple tale as passed around. But it does hold deeper elements in the story […]
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Bible Thought
BOOK OF JUDGES
“In those days there was no king in Israel, but everyone did that which seemed right to himself…”—Judges 17: 6, 21: 24 “Have you ever read the Book of Judges?” he asked. “I don’t believe I have,” she answered. “What’s it about, and why is it on your mind?” she asked. […]
Bible Thought / Faith
JOHN 9: SIGHT TO THE BLIND
I listened to this reading today in mass. Today, in it, I heard nuances in the story that never really struck me before, and it made me reflect. The story begins with a man, blind from birth. As was the common belief then—and I would guess remains for many still, even when left […]
Bible Thought / Faith
HEBREWS 13
“Let…charity…abide in you. And hospitality do not forget; for by this some, being not aware of it, have entertained angels…”—Hebrews 13: 1-2 I read these words to end a morning moment, and as it ends, I wonder: how often are we visited in this life? How often, unknowing—or through veil of partial […]
Bible Thought
EPHESIANS 5: AWAY FROM DARKNESS AND THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
EPHESIANS 5 In Ephesians 5, Saint Paul begins with a call to check our spirits, our inclinations, desires, and those with whom we associate. “Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath delivered himself for us…fornication, and all uncleanness, […]
Bible Thought
EPHESIANS 4
EPHESIANS 4 Something I value in the Letters of Saint Paul is that, unlike the Gospels which are tellings of Jesus’ acts and life, the letters of Saint Paul speak and display the effect and spirit Jesus’ touch has on the living and acts of someone who is completely human. As one who once […]
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ECCLESIASTES 3
“There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for everything under the heavens. A time to be born, a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant. A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to tear down, and a time to build. […]
Bible Thought / Faith
THE FEAST OF SAINT MATTHEW
This past Wednesday was the Feast of Saint Matthew. I learned this when going to a set of readings for a daily mass on USCCB. I won’t pretend to know much about him (only reading the day’s gospel did I remember/learn he was a tax collector), but Saint Matthew is special to me because […]
Bible Thought
LUKE 22: THE LAST SUPPER, BETRAYAL OF JESUS, AND SIMON PETER’S FAILURE
LUKE 22 Luke 22 tells the occasion of the Last Supper and the betrayal of Jesus in the garden on the Mount of Olives. After the last supper, Jesus goes into the garden and asks of his disciples, “Pray, lest you enter into temptation.” In his own contemplations, Jesus bears the weight of […]
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LUKE 11: “ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE” THE DIVISION OF SELF, AND THE LIGHT WITHIN US
LUKE 11 Luke 11 contains two strong parables. The first speaks to the importance of prayer and being sincere in our askings to God. Jesus speaks of knocking on the door of a friend in the night and how, if we keep asking, our friend will come to our aid. Jesus speaks too, that […]