The Road to Emmaus
Finding the Lost Ark in Mary
We might not realize it, but every Sunday at Mass we’re practicing typology—the Church has given us the lectionary as a key to connecting the Old and New Testaments. Nowhere is this more evident than in the readings for the Feast of the Assumption and their emphasis on the Ark of the Covenant. What might at first be surprising becomes clear when we read the Book of Revelation in light of the Old Testament to discover Mary as the Ark of the New Covenant.
Sunday Bible Reflections
Consuming Fire: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Our God is a consuming fire, the Scriptures tell us (see Hebrews 12:29; Deuteronomy 4:24). And in this week’s Gospel, Jesus uses the image of fire to describe the demands of discipleship. The fire He has come to cast on ...
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St. Paul Center Presents
Holy Fast: Hungering for Christ
This episode, which first aired on Passion Sunday, focuses on the Lenten practice of fasting, drawing from the audiobook of Emily Stimpson Chapman’s The Catholic Table. We all know that we need to fast. As St Augustine put it, fasting and almsgiving are “the two wings of prayer.” But there ...
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