Mon, 28 April 2014
Readings: Acts 2:14,22-28 Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-11 1 Peter 1:17-21 Luke 24:13-35 We should put ourselves in the shoes of the disciples in today's Gospel. Downcast and confused they're making their way down the road, unable to understand all the things that have occurred. They know what they've seen - a prophet mighty in word and deed. They know what they were hoping for - that He would be the redeemer of Israel. But they don't know what to make of His violent death at the hands of their rulers. They can't even recognize Jesus as He draws near to walk with them. He seems like just another foreigner visiting Jerusalem for the Passover. Note that Jesus doesn't disclose His identity until they they describe how they found His tomb empty but "Him they did not see." That's how it is with us, too. Unless He revealed himself we would see only an empty tomb and a meaningless death. How does Jesus make himself known at Emmaus? First, He interprets "all the Scriptures" as referring to Him. In today's First Reading and Epistle, Peter also opens the Scriptures to proclaim the meaning of Christ's death according to the Father's "set plan" - foreknown before the foundation of the world. Jesus is described as a new Moses and a new Passover lamb. He is the One of whom David sang in today's Psalm - whose soul was not abandoned to corruption but was shown the path of life. After opening the Scriptures, Jesus at table took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to the disciples - exactly what He did at the Last Supper (see Luke 22:14-20). In every Eucharist, we reenact that Easter Sunday at Emmaus. Jesus reveals himself to us in our journey. He speaks to our hearts in the Scriptures. Then at the table of the altar, in the person of the priest, He breaks the bread. The disciples begged him, "Stay with us." So He does. Though He has vanished from our sight, in the Eucharist - as at Emmaus - we know Him in the breaking of the bread. |
Thu, 24 April 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 magnificent work.
Direct download: 01_The_Gospel_of_Mark_Part_5_1.mp3
Category:The Gospel of Mark -- posted at: 4:12pm EST |
Thu, 24 April 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 magnificent work.
Direct download: 01_The_Gospel_of_Mark_Part_4_1.mp3
Category:The Gospel of Mark -- posted at: 4:09pm EST |
Thu, 24 April 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 magnificent work.
Direct download: 01_The_Gospel_of_Mark_Part_3_1.mp3
Category:The Gospel of Mark -- posted at: 2:43pm EST |
Thu, 24 April 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 magnificent work.
Direct download: 01_The_Gospel_of_Mark_Part_2_1.mp3
Category:The Gospel of Mark -- posted at: 2:38pm EST |
Thu, 24 April 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 magnificent work.
Direct download: The_Gospel_of_Mark_Part_1_2.mp3
Category:The Gospel of Mark -- posted at: 11:02am EST |
Mon, 21 April 2014
Acts 2:42-47 |
Mon, 14 April 2014
Acts 10:34, 37-43 |
Fri, 11 April 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 fourth and final cup in the Old Testament Passover meal ceremony, Dr. Hahn draws a symbolic parallel to Christ’s death on the Cross. It is an exciting concept, that will help viewers discover a whole new dimension to Holy Mass, and the relationship of the Last Supper to the Eucharistic celebration. |
Mon, 7 April 2014
Isaiah 50:4-7 |
Thu, 3 April 2014
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