When Was the Bible Divided Into Chapter and Verse? By Clement Harrold January 17, 2025 As modern-day readers, we’re so accustomed to the ideas of chapter and verse that we can barely imagine the Bible without them. But as it happens, it took over a thousand years for Christians to divide the books of Scripture […]
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What Are Some Good Bible Study Tools for Catholics? By Clement Harrold January 10, 2025 It’s often said that Catholics don’t know the Bible very well, but this isn’t entirely accurate. The truth is that Catholics who regularly attend Mass are often a lot more well versed in the Scriptures than they realize. Although we
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7 Bible Verses Every Child Should Learn By Clement Harrold January 3, 2025 When I work with young children I like to remind them that they possess a special superpower: their memory! Although children are notorious for “forgetting” to unload the dishwasher or tidy their rooms, the truth is that God has blessed them with
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How Could the Holy Family Present Jesus in the Temple When They Were Supposed to Have Fled to Egypt? By Clement Harrold December 20, 2024 Many of us grew up hearing the beautiful accounts of Our Lord’s birth as described in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. But taking a closer look at these episodes
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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