Catechism of the Catholic Church (USCC) Catechism of the Catholic Church (Vatican) Original Catholic Encyclopedia (1914) The Roman Catechism (The Catechism of Trent)
On Servile Work
The first precept of the Church is: "You shall attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor" Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2042 Sabbath rest applied to Sunday In enjoining this precept, the Church obviously borrows the Sabbath rest from the Decalogue and applies…
The Johannine Comma
Why have modern translations of the Bible removed a verse traditionally held to be part of the inspired Sacred Scriptures? If one reads the 7th and 8th verses in the fifth chapter of the first letter of St. John from an old English translation of the Bible, such as the…
The Songs of the Servant of YHWH
In the Acts of the Apostles we read of a remarkable encounter between Philip and an Ethiopian eunuch on the road from Jerusalem to Gaza. The eunuch was in his chariot, reading the Book of the Prophet Isaiah: Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this:…
A March Through the Scriptures
A Bible Study Toolbox for Catholics Some Interpretive Principles The Four Senses of Sacred Scripture– Catechism of the Catholic Church…
Bible Study Tools for Catholics
Sacred Scriptures Online Bibles Some Good Bible Study Apps BibleGateway.com (Includes many versions of the Bible, including Catholic bibles with…
Handling Bible Difficulties
Here are some posts that explain some of the more difficult passages of the Bible.
On Servile Work
The first precept of the Church is: "You shall attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor" Catechism of…
The Catechetical Instructions of St. Thomas Aquinas
Here’s an English translation of a great catechism written by St. Thomas Aquinas, a 13th century Dominican friar, saint and doctor of the Church: Aquinas,…
What Does the Catholic Church Teach?
There are several good sources to learn what the Catholic Church actually teaches. Catechisms, especially the Roman Catechism and the Catechism of the Catholic Church,…
Why Don’t Catholics Worship on the Sabbath?
The Seventh Day Adventists insist that Christians should set aside the Jewish Sabbath (Saturday) for rest and worship instead of Sunday. Moreover, the Seventh Day…
Seven Last Words of Our Lord on the Cross
In English with Refrains in Chamorro These Seven Last Words of Our Lord on the Cross are prayed on Good…
The Brown Scapular
The topic of the Brown Scapular arose in our weekly Catholic Study Group meeting this week. Most practicing Catholics with…
Franciscan Stations of the Cross with the Stabat Mater in English
Stations of the Cross Chamorro EnglishDownload
St. Alphonse Liguori’s Traditional Stations of the Cross
Download and view St. Alphonse Liguori's Stations of the Cross below. stationsofthecrossDownload
Some Good Bible Apps
As a follow up to our discussion during a recent meeting of our Catholic Study Group I thought it would…
The Six Days of Creation
Introduction St. Thomas Aquinas has provided the Church with an intriguing interpretation of the six days of creation described in…
A Brief History of the Latin Vulgate
Introduction What role does the Latin Vulgate, St. Jerome's translation of the Sacred Scriptures into Latin, play in the Church…
Artistic or Pornographic? A Theological Analysis of Nude Art
Nude art has long been the subject of theological debate, regardless of Christian denomination. Although respect and public display of…
Some Catholic Jokes
Some relatively clean humor... A little boy was listening to a long and excessively boring sermon in church. Suddenly his…
On the Death of King David’s Baby
This comment recently appeared on our Catholic Study Group Facebook page: Here’s the short answer: Yes, God punished David by…
“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,…
Book Review: Short Stories by Jesus, The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
Short Stories by Jesus, The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi, by Amy-Jill Levine, HarperCollins, New York, 2014, 313 pages.…
On Violence in the Old Testament
The violence of the Old Testament is often cited in attacks on the Bible and the Faith. Here are four…
Why Maccabees?
The Book of Second Maccabees tells of pious Jews praying for the dead, but did you also know that the…
The Bible Alone? Part 2
In my last post, I wrote that the Bible alone was never meant to be our only rule of faith.…
Book Review: “No One Sees God – The Dark Night of Atheists and Believers”
By Michael Novak, Doubleday, 2008 “No one has ever seen God, but as long as we love one another God remains in us and his love comes […]
Some good scriptural resources
Online Bibles Latin Vulgate New American Bible New Jerusalem Bible Online Bible Search Engine Revised Standard Version Online World Wide Study Bible Scriptural Resources Online […]