Tag: Bible

At a time when young people spend so much time in "digital environments," members of the Catholic Biblical Federation need to ask how they are fulfilling the Second Vatican Council's mandate to give everyone access to the Bible, Pope Leo XIV said.

I have a protestant friend who is convinced that Jesus had brothers and sisters, because the Bible says so. Does the Bible actually say this? If so, how do I answer my friend?

When I saw that somebody had underlined certain verses in my Mass bulletin from Ephesians 5 on marriage, I couldn’t help but underline a few other passages myself, says Philippa Martyr.

Fr Emmanuel Asi is proof that the word of God, living and active, will nourish and change lives even in difficult places.

Dear Father, I have a friend who suggests reciting the hymn of the three young men for thanksgiving after Mass. I hadn’t heard of it before but am now saying it and I find it helpful. What is the background to this prayer?

While many Sydneysiders spent lockdown homeschooling children or binge-watching TV, the parishioners of Christ the King Syro-Malabar Mission, Villawood, received a mission from the Holy Spirit: handwrite the entire Bible in 40 days. Shiny Sinu, the leader of “Christ Culture” charismatic movement in Sydney, was inspired to undertake the project during prayer. “One day I […]

I am willing to bet any amount of money that nobody going before the bar, nor anybody running for judge here in the US or appointed to the bench in Australia is ever going to give their legal competence bona fides by …

Last time in this space we looked at the spiritual meaning of names in Scripture.  But there is another aspect to names, particularly in...

Names are a big deal in Scripture. Hebrew culture and tradition saw names as more than mere labels to slap on people and things...

This is Part 4 of Mark Shea's series on Models of the Church There’s a little joke about Peter and John running to the tomb. ...

Part of my nefarious purpose in doing a series on the Senses of Scripture was to prime the pump for a new discussion on...

“Dear Father, In a recent discussion in our Bible study group about the interpretation of the scriptures, someone mentioned that we have to take...