Christ recalled the Book of Jonah, when He referred to the conversion of the Ninevites as an example of repentance. He compared Himself to Jonah spending three days in the belly of the whale for He would spend three days in the tomb....
If St. Paul were alive today I suspect that he would still write about how the god of this age has blinded people to the light of the Gospel. In his day, slavery and public brutality were the signs of at best indifference to, at worse enjoyment of others' suffering; today it is less public but all the more insidious and occurs in prisons and nursing homes and other locales where one exercises power over another....
The Book of Hosea or Osee begins the final section of the Old Testament known as the Minor Prophets. They are minor" only in the sense that the books bearing their names are shorter in length than the preceding ones known as the Major Prophets. . . . The Hebrew Bible arranges the Minor Prophets in historical order . . .The Jerusalem Bible which we have been following uses the same order."...
Jesuits can often sound like broken records. We like to call schools and parishes Ignatius" or "Loyola" -- or, if we're feeling wild, "Xavier." We love to repeat phrases such as "men (and women) for others" or "finding God in all things." And if you have ever attended a Jesuit school, parish, or retreat house, chances are that you have heard us talk about the Examen. A lot." Reposted from The Jesuit Post....
During the gathering of Jesuits that is General Congregation 36, Pope Francis visited for a morning. What did he say to his assembled brother Jesuits?...
The Book of Daniel is named after a young Jewish hero who is presented as living in Babylon during most of the sixth century B.C. . . . He is more a literary rather than a historical figure, but at the same time Daniel and his three companions are not purely legendary but rest on an older historical tradition....
Ezekiel (Hebrew for may God strengthen") is the third of the major prophets of the Old Testament. Unlike his older contemporary, Jeremiah, who provides the fullest personal information of all the prophets, . . . His first prophecy is dated 593 B.C. and his last 571 B.C. Thus his prophetic ministry extended over twenty-two years."...
To inherit the land" is a clipped way of saying one is rooted, one has found a living space where one's generations can find a home, a place of belonging. It is the desire of the refugee."...
But what is a saint? Maybe saints don't always feel close to God. Perhaps they struggle too with seeing the point of it all. Perhaps they are more like you and me than we realize. Reposted from The Jesuit Post....
Baruch was more than Jeremiah's secretary, recording faithfully recording faithfully what was dictated to him by the prophet. Baruch shared in the prophetic role and was held in high esteem by later generations....
