An article by EWTN writes about five moments in the first week of the FIFA World Cup soccer championship tournament. What a wonderful thing for so many… Read more “Faith at the World Cup”

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ Romans 5:12-15 Brothers and sisters:Through one man sin entered the world,and through sin, death,and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as… Read more “Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time”

Today I will consider those places in the Gospel According to Mark where Jesus of Nazareth claims to be God. Mark 2:1-12: The account of Jesus’ healing… Read more “Was Jesus of Nazareth God? Part 5”

St. Matthew composing his Gospel For the first three parts of this series, I considered those New Testament texts 1) that seem to imply that Jesus was… Read more “Was Jesus of Nazareth God? Part 4”

Matthew 9:36 – 10:8 At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned,like sheep without a shepherd.Then… Read more “Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time”

This is the third in a series exploring the question of whether the early Christian Church believed that Jesus of Nazareth was God. I have been exploiting… Read more “Was Jesus of Nazareth God? Part 3”

In Part 1 of this series I considered biblical verses that seem to imply that the title of “God” was not used for Jesus. Most of the… Read more “Was Jesus of Nazareth God? Part 2”

John 6:51-58 Jesus said to the Jewish crowds: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the… Read more “Solemnity of Corpus Christi”