...particular provide background for the teaching of Jesus and for some New Testament theology about Jesus. Many passages from this section of the book, notably 3:1–8, are used by the...
Book of Wisdom
Who was St. Teresa of Avila?
...her life. The convent had a new statute showing Jesus being scourged at the pillar, and when she saw that, it shook her ‘to the root of her being’. She...
The Most Holy Name of Mary
...Aramaic Maryam; in the Greek Old Testament, Mariam; and in Greek and Latin New Testament, Maria. Of course, the name “Mary,” being the name of the Blessed Mother, deserves special...
When the Unexpected Happens
...away for a new job, etc. Our ‘normal’ life is shaken up and we are forced to go in another direction, a direction that usually changes our life in many...