How do you experience/see/meet God in your own daily life? Do you ever talk to people about your experiences of God? Are these two questions too personal for you? If it is true that God created each of us, and knows and loves us individually, then perhaps some people think that their experiences of God would not be of interest to other people....
The Book of Ecclesiastes is known in Hebrew as the Book off the Preacher. This particular "preacher" is called "son of David and king of Jerusalem." We know him as Solomon.The Song of Songs is a series of love poems in which lover and loved are now united, now divided, now sought, now found – characteristic of lovers then and now....
Genesis vs. evolution epitomizes the debate of science vs. religion. Is there a need for the debate? Are these two incompatible? Is it possible to be a scientist and a Christian? Is this an oxymoron?...
Proverbs is part of what is known as wisdom literature, which flourished in the ancient East. The authors of this literature, known as sages, were teachers of the art of successful living, transmitting to successive generations the accumulated knowledge of the past. They were not concerned about religious thought as such but rather with human solutions to life's problems....
Psalms are of several types: hymns or public praise of God to be sung during religious ceremonies; laments, either public for use on fast days and during times of danger; thanksgiving, which proclaim God's goodness and glory but differ from hymns in that they narrate the sufferer's distress, his appeal for assistance, and God's answer; psalms of confidence; and "wisdom" psalms which treat the ethical themes of "wisdom" literature....
A recent study has confirmed that humans got the most deadliest form of malaria from our western gorilla cousins. .. Each year there are several hundred million cases of clinical malaria and more than one million deaths from malaria (over 2700 deaths per day). It used to be thought that the bad air of swamps caused such deaths. We now know of course that mosquitoes, regular inhabitants of swamps, act as the vector for the blood-borne malarial disease....
The Book of Job is a masterpiece written by a literary genius. We do not know the name of the author or any other explicit information about him. What we do know comes from what he wrote about Job. The information is a great deal for we see a man capable of the finest as well as the most upsetting emotions....
My eyes have been opened this summer to see the many people who rely on canes, walkers, wheel chairs, other assistive devices and the kindness of people. A mild slope in our driveway terrifies me! Stepping off the sidewalk can fill me with dread....
In all, there are four Books of the Maccabees. The Catholic Church places the first two books in her canon of the Scriptures. The tradition of using these books as inspired is an ancient one going back as far as St. Clement of Alexandria (215 A.D.)....
What is it about mountains that peak" our attention? Many things I suppose. Mountains are the home of the gods (and God), the purveyors of the sublime and guardians of mystery. Mountains attract countless climbers and hikers. What would Canada be without the Rockies? Jesus of Nazareth preached the "sermon on the mount." Moses received the ten commandments on Mount Sinai. Benedictines prefer to build their monasteries on mountains. "...
