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April 2020

April 17, 2020

Health of Jesus VS the Shroud of Turin

Health conditions of first century Galilean peasants, atrocious, contrasts sharply with the robust figure presented...

April 15, 2020

Magdalene in “John”: Herald of the Resurrection

Magdalene, as presented in “John,” belongs to the highest status as the one officially commissioned...

April 13, 2020

Resurrection: Lazarus, Beloved Disciple, Believes

Resurrection, the center of and defining mystery to us Easter People, is the beginning and...

April 10, 2020

Hero of Good Friday

Hero of Good Friday, Jesus and his sufferings are presented according to cultural values that...

April 08, 2020

Judas—Uncertainties about the Traitor

Judas, the infamous betrayer of Jesus, is presented differently in the Gospels and not in...

April 05, 2020

Resurrection, then Cross: How the Passion Story Evolved

Resurrection rather than the Cross is Ground Zero for Christianity, and how the Passion Story...

April 03, 2020

Paternal Dilemma—Gospel Readings Turn to Jesus’ Origins

Paternal lineage is the chief way how Israelite males derived their honor-rating, but what happens...

April 01, 2020

Raising Lazarus—Going Deeper with John 11:1-45

Raising Lazarus from the dead points to something crucial and way beyond the salvation of...

March 2020

March 29, 2020

Lazarus Raised: Where is Jesus in Sickness and Death?

Lazarus and his rescue from death gives Gospel readers a chance to reflect on the...

March 27, 2020

Hierarchy of Truths

Hierarchy exists among the great solar system of Christian truths, and in ecumenical dialogue, Catholics...

March 24, 2020

Royal Healing & Gospel Contradictions

Royal son healed or centurion’s slave?—it is very important to recognize healing in the Bible...

March 22, 2020

Blindness in John 9:1-41—Real, Metaphorical, or Both?

Blindness in the man born blind in this Sunday’s Gospel speaks to a people who...

March 21, 2020

Wellness and the Coronavirus

Wellness is more than staying healthy and far more important at beating the Coronavirus pandemic....

March 19, 2020

Joseph—You Probably Don’t Know Him

Joseph, saint and servant, can be known better by 21st century Christians, but not without...

March 17, 2020

Deaths from COVID-19 Possibly 2.2 Million and St. Patrick

Deaths at 2.2 Million (a possibility) is a Grim St. Patrick's Day reminder for being...

March 16, 2020

Pandemic: Deadly Serious Reasons to be Safe

Pandemic of coronavirus can be slowed and its damage lessened by not going to Mass....

March 15, 2020

Samaritan Woman at the Well: John 4:5-42

Samaritan Woman at the Well is a character from a shocking story of jarring irregularities...

March 11, 2020

COVID-19 & Liturgical Idolatry: Vatican II, Where Are You?

COVID-19 threatens U.S. parishes, but liturgically-obsessive personalities put lives at risk in favor of their...

March 09, 2020

Transfiguration—an Altered State of Consciousness Experience

Transfiguration of Jesus is but one of five major Altered States of Consciousness experiences in...

March 07, 2020

Meaning and the Words of Scripture

Meaning, whether Biblical or extra-biblical, doesn’t derive from lexica and dictionaries, but from social systems....

March 05, 2020

Personal Savior and Lord Jesus?—Unbiblical!

Personal and individual are terms relating to our American lives that show us why U.S....

March 03, 2020

Trump Terrors, Sanders & Warren Show How Alien Scripture is.

Trump wins another term or the likelihood of Sanders and Warren joining forces—all this shows...

February 2020

February 28, 2020

Temptation Story in “Luke”—Jesus VS Satan

Temptation!—Satan faces off against Jesus in a battle often poorly understood by 21st century Western...

February 25, 2020

Bransfield and Vanier—Looking at Different Catholic Disasters

Bransfield and Vanier show us deep problems in how we enable our Catholic leaders and...

February 24, 2020

Popes on Peter’s Chair

Popes and Peter relate, as do Apostles and Bishops—but never in oversimplified ways. Popes are...

February 22, 2020

Hero Worship Fails: Jean Vanier Falls

Hero and living saint?—no, just a fellow dying inmate in the mental asylum that is...

February 20, 2020

Canon Matters—Mark 8 VS Matthew 16

Canon or canon within the Canon?—Why the difference between Mark 8 and Matthew 16 matters!...

February 17, 2020

Affirm and Deny: Seeking a Mature Articulation of Faith

Affirm! Deny! and Grow! How does a sophisticated articulation of faith happen and relate to...

February 16, 2020

Righteousness & the Sermon on the Mount

Righteousness is the topic of the Matthean Jesus’ “Sermon on the Mount,” and in this...

February 14, 2020

Married to Magdalene? Jesus & Celibacy

Married or not?—how does Jesus relate to priestly celibacy and to Mary Magdalene? Married clergy...