by Fr. John BreckSometimes priests come away from hearing confessions with a sense of profound sadness. That sadness is often due to the realization that we have allowed our faithful to acquire and live with images of God that are woefully distorted, images that seem to have little to do with the … [Read more...]
The Once and Future Darkness
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon From the first page of Holy Writ, the reader is left with no doubt about the nature of the world and humanity's place within it. These themes are made very plain. Perhaps it is less obvious that a certain polemical concern is active in the mind of the Hebrew author … [Read more...]
The First Trial of David as King
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon When---apparently in the third century before Christ---the Sefer Shemuel was divided into 1st and 2nd Samuel, its editors found a more-than-satisfactory division point at the death of Saul. Thus, the first book ends with the Battle of Mount Gilboah, and the second … [Read more...]
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