Literary Structure of St. Mark’s Gospel as proposed from different scholars St. Mark, a disciple of Simon Peter, although not an eyewitness of Christ’s public ministry, wrote the second Gospel based on Peter’s direct information. [1] According … [Read more...]
Practical ways to live counter-cultural humility: 1. Do not let anyone know about something good you did. - You can't look for praise from others. Only God. 2. Do not make excuses. - Even when you have a perfectly legitimate … [Read more...]
Below is an excerpt from St. Josemaria's writings: Allow me to remind you that among other evident signs of a lack of humility are: Thinking that what you do or say is better than what others do or say Always wanting to get your own … [Read more...]
The Facts: Only 30% of Americans who were raised Catholic are still "practicing" - meaning they attend Mass at least once a month. Only 15% are at Mass on a given weekend. Nearly 4 times as many adults have left the Catholic Church as have … [Read more...]
From Peter Kreeft's You Can Understand the Bible: Matthew's Gospel is the first book of the New Testament, not because it was written first - some of Paul's epistles take that honour - but because it's the bridge between the Old and New … [Read more...]
From Peter Kreeft's You Can Understand the Bible: The word gospel is a modernization of the Old English gospell (or God-spell), meaning "good news." The original Greek word is eu-angellos (Latin, evangelium) meaning "good message." The … [Read more...]
From Peter Kreeft's You Can Understand the Bible: The Book of Revelation, or the Apocalypse, the only prophetic book in the New Testament, is surely the strangest and hardest to interpret of all the books of the Bible. It is a visionary, highly … [Read more...]
Humility by Andrew Murray is a classic book on the virtue of humility. I was able to find an electronic copy of this book online here: http://www.cec-sd.org/materials/Humility_by_Andrew_Murray.pdf The following are some points I took from reading … [Read more...]
From Peter Kreeft's You Can Understand the Bible:Jude was the "brother of James" (v.1) who was Jesus' "brother", that is, his cousin (Mk 6:3, Mt 13:55). This makes Jude one of Jesus' relatives too. These relatives did not believe in Jesus until after … [Read more...]
From Peter Kreeft's You Can Understand the Bible: First John - Sharing God's Very Life Profound, yet simple letter addressed to his spiritual children written by the Apostle John in his old age. One of John's purposes is to combat … [Read more...]
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