Category Scripture

Book Review: Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist

Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist, by Brant Pitre, Doubleday, New York, 2011.  202 pages.   Nihil Obstat, Impramatur, with a foreword by Scott Hahn and amply footnoted.  “The message of Jesus is completely misunderstood if it is…

An Attitude of Gratitude

Check out this clip from a recent TED conference of Brother David Steindl-Rast, OSB, a Benedictine monk, giving tips on how to make the gentle power of gratitude permeate our lives.  Bro. David’s words resonated with me because I’ve discovered, in…

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”  Psalm 139:13-14 Take a few minutes –…