Apr 24, 2014
St. Mark paints a portrait of Jesus that is vivid, dynamic and focused on His miracles and His divine Sonship. But, unlike the other Gospels, the structure of Mark defies easy definition. In this five part series, Scott Hahn reveals the hidden themes that St. Mark employed, like a master composer, to orchestrate his...
Apr 21, 2014
Acts 2:42-47
Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24
1 Peter 1:3-9
John 20:19-31
We are children of Jesus' Resurrection from the dead. Through this
wondrous sign of His great mercy, the Father of Jesus has given us
new birth, as we hear in today's Epistle.
Today's First Reading sketches the "family life" of
our...
Apr 14, 2014
Acts 10:34, 37-43
Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
Colossians 3:1-4
John 20:1-9
Jesus is nowhere visible. Yet today's Gospel tells us that Peter
and John "saw and believed."
What did they see? Burial shrouds lying on the floor of an empty
tomb. Maybe that convinced them that He hadn't been carted off by
grave...
Apr 11, 2014
The Catholic Understanding of the Mystical Body of Christ, embodied in the Church and revealed anew in the Holy Eucharist, comes directly from the Bible, according to Dr. Scott Hahn. He places the Last Supper in the context of the Jewish Passover Seder liturgy.
By explaining the significance of the drinking of the...
Apr 7, 2014
Isaiah 50:4-7
Psalm 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24
Philippians 2:6-11
Matthew 26:14-27:66
"All this has come to pass that the writings of the prophets may be
fulfilled," Jesus says in today's Gospel (see Matthew
26:56).
Indeed, we have reached the climax of the liturgical year, the
highest peak of salvation history,...