Forty Days with Christ in the Desert
Why does Lent have forty days? What is the meaning of the number forty in the Old and New...
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Tag: Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio
Forty Days: Lent and Christ in the Desert
Why does Lent have forty days? What is the meaning of the number forty in the Old and New...
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A Season of Hope
Image: Photo by JOHN TOWNER on Unsplash This post treats of the theological virtue of hope as...
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Thanksgiving and Eucharist
Image: Adoration of the Mystic Lamb by Jan van Eyck | Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons For...
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Armageddon and the Final Battle
Image: “Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos” (detail) by Titian | Public Domain via...
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The Beauty of Hidden Gifts
The gospel story of the Widow’s Mite and the Old Testament visit of the prophet Elijah to the...
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Prayers for the Dead
I’ll never forget that bleak January day when my father died. It was very hard to believe in...
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Keeping the Great Commandment
Hear O Israel! Most have heard of the Great Commandment – to love God with your whole heart...
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Bartimaeus — Outrageous Faith
The story of Bartimaeus, the blind beggar who met Jesus on the road to Jericho, is a dramatic...
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The Rich Young Man and King Solomon
Both the Rich Young Man in Mark’s Gospel and King Solomon had a very difficult choice to make. In...
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