This Sunday the Church presented us with a beautiful selection of readings, all pointing towards the imminent hope of the coming Messiah.
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As we begin a new liturgical year, we here at St. Joseph’s invite you to join us as we revive our Scripture sharing blog posts!
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On this Octave day of Easter, we gathered to discuss the final session of our study on the Passion. Our topic was the Seven Last Words of Christ, a theme that has long inspired the devotion of Christian authors and mystics.
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Today, as a fitting start to the holiest week of the year, we discussed Our Lord’s Way of the Cross and the Crucifixion.
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Today’s session focused on the many facets of Jesus’ trial before Pontius Pilate.
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In this session, Dr. Sri covers the arrest of Jesus and His trial before the Sanhedrin, giving us plenty of material for discussion!
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As a way to delve more deeply into our Passionist charism this Lent, we have begun working on a community Bible study: Dr. Edward Sri’s No Greater Love: A Biblical Walk Through Christ’s Passion. Today we’re excited to share with you the fruits of our first discussion
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Today we shared our insights on the second half of God’s beautiful love song to humanity, the Song of Songs.
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Today we began discussing one of the most unusual books of the Bible: the Song of Songs, or Song of Solomon.
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Today we continued our Scriptural theme study on the Divine Bridegroom with Hosea chapter 2.
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Welcome back to our Scripture sharing series! This time, we’ve decided to focus our prayer and sharing on some of the scripture texts explored Dr. Brant Pitre’s course on Jesus the Bridegroom. Our first passage was Ezekiel 16, an extended metaphor of Israel’s relationship to her Divine Bridegroom.
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At long last, we have reached the final chapters of the Book of Revelation – and what a finale they are!
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The final four chapters of Revelation are dedicated to the glorious victory of God over evil, the revelation of the New Jerusalem, and the climactic “wedding of the Lamb.”
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The symbols in these chapters are not limited to the first century A.D. As with all of Scripture, they have meaning for us today. Regardless of how you interpret the historical meaning of the harlot and the beast, the lesson is clear: riches and power corrupt.
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A closer look at these chapters reveals many spiritual “gems” worth praying over!
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Today’s chapters give a vivid description of the Dragon’s servants, the two beasts, as well as a consoling glimpse into Heaven.
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Today we reached the “heart” of Revelation, John’s visions of the Woman and the Dragon.
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These two chapters of Revelation are packed with mysterious visions, symbolic numbers, and veiled Old Testament references!
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At the start of Chapter 8, the enormous power of intercessory prayer is on display.
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Today we took a look at Revelation 7, which presents an “interlude” between the breaking of the first six seals and the breaking of the seventh.
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