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.
The Song of the Ark
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.
A Brief History of the Latin Vulgate
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?
Achan’s Plunder – and Blunder
Here's a disturbing story from the Book of Joshua story of a Israelite soldier named Achan who made a terrible mistake. What I say may not make the story any less disturbing, but we will hear a great spiritual lesson related to it from St. John of the Cross.
On Jephthah’s Rash Oath
On Jephthah, a tragic hero of the Book of Judges.
On Death in the Psalms
It cannot be said that a belief in an afterlife and immortality of the soul are expressed in the Book of Psalms. What are we to make of this?
On the Curses of the Psalms
We may be horrified when we first read the curses in the Book of Psalms. But do they have a spiritual sense that could help us?
Handling Bible Difficulties
Here are some posts that explain some of the more difficult passages of the Bible.