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Readings for Today February 28 2008

Posted in Apologetics, Bible, Mass, tagged , , on February 28, 2008 | No Comments »

 
Unfortunately I missed posting yesterdays readings. I may start posting the readings a week at a time in the future and time to time I will comment on them.
Today’s Readings are:
Reading: Jer 7:23-28
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 95:1-2,6-7,8-9
Gospel: Lk 11:14-23
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The theme of today’s reading is regarding the hardening of our hearts [...]

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Readings for Daily Mass Feb 26

Posted in Apologetics, Bible, Mass, tagged , , , on February 27, 2008 | No Comments »

 
Here are the readings for today’s Mass for anyone interested.
First Reading: Dan 3:25, 34-43
Responsorial Psalm: 25:4 ab, 6 and 7bc, 8-9
Gospel : Matt 18:21-35
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The common thread of each of these readings seem to me to be the humility that we must have when coming to the Lord.
The reading from Daniel [...]

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Readings for Mass Monday Feb 25 2008

Posted in Bible, Mass, tagged , , on February 25, 2008 | No Comments »

 
I thought I would start posting the daily readings at Mass for those interested.
The reading is:
2 Kings 5:1-15
The Gospel is:
Luke 4:24-30 
You can click on the links to read the full readings.

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The Magnificat

Posted in Apologetics, Bible, tagged , , , , on February 25, 2008 | No Comments »

I have been wanting to write something regarding the Magnificat for a while now. The Magnificat is found in the Gospel of Luke 1:46-55. Here we see that  Mary’s soul magnifies or proclaims the Lord.
The one thing I cannot understand is how her soul can magnify the Lord or proclaim the Lord if most Protestants practically ignore her contribution [...]

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Today at Mass: Third Sunday of Lent

Posted in Bible, Mass, tagged , , , , on February 25, 2008 | No Comments »

 
Today is the Third Sunday of Lent and I wanted to go over today’s Mass . As many non Catholics are not familiar with the Mass, I want to go over what the readings were today.
The first reading was Exodus 17:3-7. The second reading was. Romans 5:1-2 ,5-8. The Holy Gospel was John 4: 5-42
All the readings are [...]

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Did I really see this on a Christian Television Station?

Posted in Misc, tagged , , , on February 21, 2008 | No Comments »

Did I just see what I thought I saw on a Christian cable television network? “

These were the words that I asked myself after seeing a Christian Television show that featured some young skateboarders doing what they enjoy. At first I just thought this was a secular station that featured extreme sports. What happened next [...]

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More on Irenaeus

Posted in Apologetics, Early Church Fathers, tagged , , , , on February 18, 2008 | No Comments »

While I was reading some more of Ireneaus’ refutation of the Gnostic heresy, I came upon some more enlightening information on the early Church. In Book IV Chapter 26 you see Irenaeus affirming the Biblical teaching of the Church as the Pillar and Foundation of Truth. He futher elaborates on how that truth has been passed down.
2. Wherefore it [...]

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Irenaeus and Apostolic Succession

Posted in Apologetics, Early Church Fathers, tagged , , on February 18, 2008 | No Comments »

 
Apostolic Succession was an early doctrine of the Church. While this doctrine can be substantiated from the Bible, it is beneficial to see how it was applied in the early Church. While Irenaeus is not the first to teach the doctrine, he does lay out the succession of the Church of Rome from Peter in his classic Adversus Haereses, [...]

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St. Valentine

Posted in Misc, tagged , , , on February 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »

As tomorrow is Valentines Day, I thought it would be nice to remember the Saint that the day commemorates. I am not going to take this time to examine the various legends surrounding this Saint, rather I would like to reflect on the true meaning of this day. While this day has come to be associated [...]

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St. Irenaeus on Mary

Posted in Apologetics, Early Church Fathers, tagged , , , , on February 12, 2008 | No Comments »

 
In book 3 chapter  22 of Irenaeus’s masterful refutation of the Gnostic heresy, Adversus Haereses, we find Irenaeus referring to Mary as the “second Eve” the same as he refers to Jesus as the “second Adam”. Here we have an early acknowledgement of the role of Mary in the salvation story of mankind.  
4. In accordance with this design, Mary the Virgin [...]

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