Priesthood in the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls

On April 8, 2021April 27, 2021 By Lee (@disciple96)In Bible study, Catholicism in the BibleLeave a comment

+JMJ+ Greetings! The Story of Salvation series will be back after the Easter season. This will be a brief post tonight. I want to share a video I found while doing some research on a couple of writing projects (and, yes, the ebooks are coming along, too, slowly, more about that later). With some regularity I am confronted by people who reject Catholicism for one reason or another so when I stumble across a video that pertains to their questions (or accusations), I save them. And since I find them to be helpful in answering non-Catholic objections but also in fostering my own understanding, I think somebody else out there might find them helpful, too.

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Queen Mother, Mary and Rachel

On May 26, 2019July 26, 2020 By Lee (@disciple96)In Bible study, Books, Catholicism in the Bible, Dr. Brant Pitre, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary, Mary, Series, Something About Mary Every Day In MayLeave a comment

A post in the Something About Mary Every Day In May series

Contrary to what many non-Catholic Christians charge, we do not honor Mary at the expense of Jesus. We do not give her too much honor thereby taking away from the honor due her Son, as if it were some zero sum game with only so much honor to go around. “Oh, no, I’ve given too much honor to Mary, now I don’t have enough left to give Jesus, oh, no!”

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Praying to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints is Biblical

On May 11, 2019July 25, 2020 By Lee (@disciple96)In 20 Answers Mary, Books, Catholicism in the Bible, Mary, Prayer, Series, Something About Mary Every Day In MayLeave a comment

This is a post in the Something About Mary Every Day In May series.

(Lightly edited on July 25, 2020, to bring some things up-to-date.) I was browsing the web, wondering what to write about tonight for the series. I was re-reading an article at Catholic Answers titled Mary, the Mother of God,* and a window popped up in the lower right-hand corner asking if I have devotion to Mary. Well, yes, I do, I replied. Then it said, Let’s celebrate, and offered me a free ebook about Mary. I ❤️ ebooks and the Blessed Virgin Mary so I said, YES. A few seconds later I was glancing through 20 Answers: Mary, by Tim Staples. Thank you, Blessed Mother and Catholic Answers!

I’ll just give you a couple of samples here. First, something most of us Catholics have heard at some point from non-Catholic family, friends, or even strangers: that the Bible expressly forbids praying to Mary and the Saints because it condemns all communication with the dead. Period.

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The teachings about Mary were there from the beginning

On May 8, 2019July 25, 2020 By Lee (@disciple96)In Bible study, Books, Catholic Doctrine, Catholicism in the Bible, Dr. Brant Pitre, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary, Mary, Series, Something About Mary Every Day In May11 Comments

I waited as long as I could. I had an unreasonable hope that Verbum would release an edition of Brant Pitre’s new book, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary, quick, fast, and in a hurry. But they hand-tag their books and that takes time, and I don’t even know if they have any plans to do this one, so I’ll just have to get a Verbum edition later if one becomes available. Because I gave in and bought the ebook. (Downloadable books, ah, sweet mystery of life, at last I’ve found thee! Well, not at last because I found thee years ago, and now I have that Etta James song stuck in my head.) ;)

Back to the book. Looking at the table of contents, we’ve got:

New Eve,
Queen Mother,
Perpetual Virgin,
Birth of the Messiah (and I don’t mean that Fr. Raymond Brown* book),
the New Rachel, and
At the Foot of the Cross.

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The Jewish Roots of the Eucharist, a video by Dr. Brant Pitre

On February 20, 2015 By Lee (@disciple96)In Bible study, Catholicism in the Bible, Eucharist, Lent, Seasonal, Videos2 Comments

Taking a break from collecting some thoughts for writing, watching this wonderful talk by Dr. Brant Pitre: Jesus & the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist. This is a good video to watch during Lent, preparing for Passover. Will also be watching The Passion of the Christ with the study guide this time, a first for me.

Thank you for stopping by. Lent continues and I’m staying off of social media except for posting here at the blog and answering necessary emails. May this season of preparation bring you closer to our Lord. God bless you! Peace be with you.

PS: Hey, see that tabernacle? It’s empty during Dr. Pitre’s talk. Would that more parishes would take care to do this when holding non-liturgical events in the worship space, if no more suitable space is available, such as a parish hall.

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