What Consolation Does God’s Answer To Job Offer To Those Who Are Suffering? By Clement Harrold October 4, 2024 Prior to the coming of Christ, the Old Testament book of Job represented humanity’s greatest possible answer to the problem of suffering. Even today, the book continues to offer many profound lessons for how we ought […]
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Is Satan The Ruler of This World? By Clement Harrold September 27, 2024 Until Christ’s second coming, this world remains at least partially under Satan’s authority because it remains enmeshed in sin. As 1 John 3:8 reminds us, “He who commits sin is of the devil.” For this reason the New Testament describes Satan variously
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What Was the Babylonian Exile and Why Should I Care? By Clement Harrold September 20, 2024 The Babylonian exile is one of the most important events in salvation history. In fact, there are large portions of the Scriptures—the majority of the prophets, for instance—which don’t really make sense until we first learn to appreciate what
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What Are 10 Things I Should Know About Jeremiah? By Clement Harrold September 13, 2024 1) He is one of the four major prophets alongside Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. And at 52 chapters, the book of Jeremiah has the longest word count of any book of the Bible. 2) We know more about his life
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What Are Some Psalms Worth Memorizing For Different Occasions? By Clement Harrold September 6, 2024 The psalms are the prayer book of the Church. For this reason, we do well not only to pray them regularly, but also to commit to memorizing them by heart so that “His praise will always be on my lips”
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What Does Jesus Mean When He Talks About Vultures Gathering Where The Body Is? By Clement Harrold August 30, 2024 One of the stranger verses in the New Testament comes in Matthew 24:28: “Wherever the body is, there the vultures will be gathered together.” This enigmatic saying is repeated almost word-for-word in Luke 17:37. What
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What Does Jesus Mean When He Says “Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen”? By Clement Harrold August 23, 2024 Jesus’s famous declaration that many are called but few are chosen comes at the end of the parable of the wedding banquet (see Mt 22:1-14). A gracious king puts on a grand marriage feast for
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Why Did Nathanael Believe in Jesus? By Clement Harrold August 16, 2024 In John 1:43-51 we encounter the puzzling scene of Nathanael coming to accept Jesus as the Messiah on the basis of what seems like very little evidence. In the narrative, Nathanael is approached by his friend Philip, who comes bearing the startling news
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What Advice Does the Bible Offer to Young Men About Overcoming Habitual Vice? By Clement Harrold August 9, 2024 Among the many challenges young men face today, a common one is the struggle with habitual vice, oftentimes in connection with sexual sin. In the face of near-overpowering societal pressures to live a lifestyle of vice
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What Should I Meditate on for the Third Luminous Mystery? By Clement Harrold August 2, 2024 In his 2002 apostolic letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae, Pope St. John Paul II reminded the faithful of the enduring value of the rosary in the life of the church: “Simple yet profound, it still remains … a prayer of
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