Reflections on Scripture
Introduction to St. Matthew Today is the feast of Saint Matthew or in a couple of Gospel’s he is called Levi.. Well I am sure by now we are used to the idea of 2 names in many of the biblical characters. So that one is fairly simple. The Jewish Levi and the Greek Matthew. […]
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To read parts one click here https://deacondavestowell.com/the-story-of-creation/ For part 2 here: https://deacondavestowell.com/genesis-chapter-1/ Continued Truths Well one notices that nowhere along the line do we need to believe in a certain amount of days or that the birds came before or after the things that “Crawled on the ground”. Of course I do find it so interesting
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If you missed part 1 please read it here: https://deacondavestowell.com/the-story-of-creation/ For whatever reason Religion has over the years been ostracized for not believing in Science. I am sure that this got locked into place simply because it kind of made some sense. The Humanists point toward the Creation stories and mock them. Most people of
How we each look at the first chapters of Genesis is somewhat of a bell weather for how we think about the Earth, God, and human beings in general. Two Choices only In the middle 1850’s all of a sudden there was the great struggle between the Creationists and the group, probably called at the
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The first words of our 1st reading today gives us a “sticky wicket” as they say. Well not including the added “Brothers and sisters”. These words appear to be added in the Liturgy to make these letters seem more personal (Before anyone asks, yes this is done in the Extra-ordinary form of the Mass as
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2019 – June 2 The Disciples had come a long way. A few weeks ago they were running afraid of anything. They were protecting themselves and after bitter disappointment tried to go back to their old ways. Jesus was having none of that. Kickstart of Belief Then they were amazed… Jesus was there resurrected. He
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We hear all about Discipleship. many will focus on specific verses from Scripture and teach all about that. Teaching is a marvelous thing to do.. but the word disciple doesn’t have anything to do with teaching. It is for us to listen. And to listen to the one who actually is teaching us. It is
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I believe today’s Gospel reading is the shortest of the Gospels in the Lectionary. As is the case it has so much to speak of. So what is a sheep? and why such a focus on sheep? A Little investigative “googling” gave me the following. A sheep was one of the earliest animals that was
Over the remaining Sundays of Easter, the Church will take a brief look at the Book of Revelations. Revelations (Or Apocalypse). As a whole this book is generally misunderstood and usually misused. It is an amazing book, but must be read with the right set of eyes. the 2nd Week of Easter’s second reading comes
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In the Catholic Lectionary we cycle through the various readings every 3 years, in this way we pretty much read through the vast majority of the Bible in those three years., Lenten readings do the same, though since the theme is so familiar, it might sound the same. This allows each of us to grow
The 5th week From Adultery to Praise… Then Passion Read More »
