The Priestly Blessing

Let’s linger in the Sinai desert with the Israelites and consider one of the oldest blessings in the Bible, one which we still use today.

Let’s linger in the Sinai desert with the Israelites and consider one of the oldest blessings in the Bible, one which we still use today.

The Song of the Ark was sung by Moses and the Israelites when they broke or pitched camp in the wilderness. The Church Fathers had a startling insight into it, an insight that has everything to do with the Blessed Virgin Mary.

What role does the Latin Vulgate, St. Jerome's translation of the Sacred Scriptures into Latin, play in the Church today? And what is its role vis-à-vis the many modern translations approved by the Church and now in use?