In previous columns, I have shown how certain truths of the faith in the New Testament were prefigured and foreshadowed in the Old Testament. Here, I will focus on the Eucharist. There are a ...

To give a proper perspective on the New Covenant sacrament of reconciliation instituted by Christ, we will explore the Old Testament prefiguration of this sacrament. In the next column ...

What the shepherd had chanced upon were the Dead Sea Scrolls, more than 800 documents of animal skin and papyrus, stored in clay jars for safe keeping. Among the texts are fragments of every book of ...

Going to the 10th chapter of John’s gospel, in verses 1 through 14, we find Jesus referring to himself as the Good Shepherd, ...

So they were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and became food for all the wild beasts.” (Ezekiel 34:4–5). In the Old Testament, God is often described as a shepherd: “The Lord is my ...

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has the largest Old Testament collection of any tradition, having 46 books in total compared to the 39 of the Hebrew Bible. Photograph of a Torah reading, by Jay ...

Peggy Hirsch was there since the beginning: the dream of a Catholic school in the south metro, the initial meetings and the ...

Instead, God admires the ethics of the shepherd; shepherds are characterized by “ingenuity and daring ... This poses serious problems for the conservative proponent of the Old Testament, who must ...

It’s a sobering realization to know the debt we owe to another person. John Wesley was a great preacher and theologian who ...

People usually remember the shepherds keeping watch over their flocks ... Joseph was most likely named after the Joseph of the Old Testament, who was sold into slavery by his jealous brothers.

They are the hope prophesied in the Old Testament; the peace of the Incarnation ... The sacrificial lambs had to be without blemish. So the shepherds, who watched after these animals, wrapped ...

Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker made headlines prior to the current NFL season for a commencement speech he made at Benedictine ...