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Why Do the Gospels Tell Us So Little About Jesus’s Childhood? By Clement Harrold December 13, 2024 For believers who take the Word of God seriously, the near-deafening silence on the part of the four evangelists about the so-called “hidden years” of Jesus—those thirty or so years between His birth and the beginning of His […]

What Should I Meditate on For the Finding in the Temple? By Clement Harrold December 6, 2024 The story of the Finding of the Boy Jesus in the Temple brings a range of emotions to the surface. For many Catholics, the whole episode can feel baffling, if not downright traumatic. More than any of the

What Has Jesus Got Against Fig Trees? By Clement Harrold November 29, 2024 Did Jesus have a grudge against fig trees? Was He clueless about horticultural seasons? Or might there be more going on than meets the eye? The story of Jesus cursing the fig tree is famous for its strangeness. It’s one of those

How Do I Make Sense Of The Book Of Revelation? By Clement Harrold November 22, 2024 Notorious for its complexity, the biblical book of Revelation presents an interpretive challenge to the most diligent of readers. Even St. Jerome, the renowned Scripture translator of the early Church, admitted to finding this book mysterious and perplexing. Although

Why Does Jesus Hold Up King David As A Role Model? By Clement Harrold November 15, 2024 Getting to grips with the Old Testament figure of King David can be a struggle for Christians. On the one hand, his pedigree is impossible to deny: he is the most mentioned figure in the Hebrew Bible; Jesus

What Does A Catholic Reading Of The Bible Tell Us About The Antichrist? By Clement Harrold November 8, 2024 We know remarkably little about who the Antichrist will be and what his arrival on the earth will look like. The very word antichrist only appears in four verses of Scripture, all of them in the

What are 10 Things I Should Know About Isaiah? By Clement Harrold November 1, 2024 1) He is the first and greatest of the four major prophets. Standing at the head of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel, Isaiah’s writings constitute the single most important prophetic book of the Old Testament. His theological vision is expansive, and

Does the Bible Say Whether There are People in Hell? By Clement Harrold October 25, 2024 Sacred Scripture does not tell us the names of any particular individuals who are in hell, but it repeatedly affirms that hell is real and people go there. Acts 24:15, for example, reminds us that “there will be a

What are 10 Things I Should Know About Daniel? By Clement Harrold October 18, 2024 1) He is the last of the four major prophets. Although Jews only count Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel among the majors, Christian tradition identifies Daniel—whose name means “God is my judge”—as a fourth. 2) He was taken into exile as

Why Does the Bible Never Condemn Slavery as an Institution? By Clement Harrold October 11, 2024 Many skeptics and even some Christians struggle with the idea that the Bible not only fails to condemn slavery, but actually seems to justify its existence in places. What are we to make of the Mosaic Law’s detailed prescriptions