Category Scripture

Does “turn the other cheek” mean that Christians are to be doormats?

“But I say to you, Do not resist  one who is evil. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also” Mt. 5:39 By his words and example, did Jesus teach us to…

“What do you want me to do for you?”

A few weeks ago I found myself sharing breakfast with about a dozen other people at a diner in Vernon, Connecticut. We were reflecting on the Gospel reading for the thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, the healing of Bartimaeus, the…

Book Review: “An Introduction to the Prophets of Israel”

“An Introduction to the Prophets of Israel“, Richard Thomas Aquinas Murphy O.P., St. Paul Books & Media, Boston, 1996. 123 pages.         “In the Old Testament, the New lies concealed, in the New Testament, the Old lies…