‘ Catechism ’ Category
Catechism
The story of Zacchaeus is referred to in four places in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Understandably, it gets a mention under the discussion on restitution of stolen goods (CCC 2412). Note however that in Zacchaeus, we ...
Catechism, Liturgy
The word "Paschal Mystery" refers to the mystery of the death and Resurrection of the Lord. Paul writes -- in a passage that we will read during the Easter vigil -- that we have been baptized into the death ...
Paschal Mystery in the Catechism
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Catechism, Liturgy
The account of Jesus cleansing the temple that we read for the third Sunday of Lent anticipates the announcement that Jesus will make about the worship of God in Spirit and in Truth. Within the context of the liturgy, ...
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
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BEC, Catechism, Scriptures
I was going through my old blog posts at the Bible Workshop and found one about seminar held in 2008 for a group of future BEC leaders. The seminar was based on Matthew 13 and the modules revolved around ...
Ten Words from Matthew 13
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Catechism
The history of salvation is also the history of a seed that God nurtures through the vicissitudes of human events and brings it into fruition. "I shall put enmity between you and the woman, between your seed and her seed. ...
The Seed and Life
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Catechism, Christian Life, Christology
And at three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which is translated, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Mark 15:34, NAB)
The first time my attention was called to this passage ...
Jesus’ Cry on the Cross
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Catechism, Scriptures, Spirituality
A propos the Pope's message for World Day of Communications, Gianfranco Cardinal Ravasi, a world-renowned exegete comments on the theme of God's silence. God's silence, he writes, has two faces, one luminous, the other dark. One is revelatory, ...
Even God Can Be Silent
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Catechism, Christian Life
During one of the sessions I had with the sisters in retreat at Novaliches, I talked about the "Mysteries of the Light" as the Christian life in a nutshell. I read the Pope's Rosarium Virginis, but there isn't enough materials ...
The Mysteries of Light: Christian Life in a Nutshell
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Catechism, Scriptures
Catechism References to Luke 18:9-14Luke 18:9-14 2559, 2613 Luke 18: 9 588 Luke 18: 13 2631 2667 2839 The whole parable is alluded to in par. 2559 which contains a definition of prayer from John Damascene (De ...
Luke 18:9-14 in the Catechism
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BEC, Catechism, Theology
Several years ago, John Paul II told Filipino bishops in their ad limina visit that ecclesial cell communities provide a good means for empowering the faithful against the encroachments of fundamentalism. I did not understand that until I began joining ...
Five Apparently Christian Ideas
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Catechism, Liturgy
Preparing your Dawn Mass and Christmas homilies? If you are the type of homilist who tries to integrate a sermon on the gospels with the Catechism of the Catholic Church, then you might as well visit this website. ...
“Christmas” and “Incarnation” in the CCC
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Catechism
Remember Scott Hahn’s and Jeff Cavin’s hosted program at EWTN on Salvation History? That was shown more than ten years ago and is still periodically shown on the EWTN channel. The program was so useful to a lot of people ...
Our Father’s Plan
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Catechism, Church in the World
In 2004, Sen. Francisco Tatad, told everyone in the Senate Hall, that he was following his conscience in voting against opening the envelope believed to incrimate then Pres. Estrada in criminal acts. Recently, Sen. Miriam Santiago in ...
Conscience in the Catechism of the Catholic Church
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