by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon All the earth has a limited capacity; it is always something measured. Indeed, some lines of the Bible are devoted to measuring it. For example: "From the desert and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to … [Read more...]
The Undeniably Eloquent Prophet Amos
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon Most of us are so accustomed to finding the prophetic books included in the Bible that it is perhaps difficult to appreciate the significance of their inclusion. Although the Israelites seem always to have had their prophets---Nathan, Elijah, and so on---literary … [Read more...]