by Fr. Jim Chern
DAY 313: LUKE 1 -2 ; Proverbs 26: 24-26 MESSIANIC FULFILLMENT For each of our respites from Old Testament studies throughout the last 313 days, we’ve had what was called Messianic Checkpoints. For the bulk…
DAY 282: 1 Maccabees 1; Sirach 1-3; Proverbs 21: 29-31 LAST STOP BEFORE THE NEW TESTAMENT Today we enter the final period of the Old Testament: “Maccabean Revolt.” This is about 150 years before Christ…
DAY 267: Ezra 1 & 2; Haggai 1 & 2; Proverbs 20: 1-3 RETURN Today we jump back into the Old Testament with a new time period called “The Return.” The title itself sounds hopeful.…
DAY 258: Matthew 1-4; Proverbs 18: 17-20 FULFILLED Don’t know how everyone else feels, but to me, these Messianic Checkpoints come at the perfect time! Nothing against Jeremiah, our (understandably) weepy prophet - but 52…
If Catholics ever needed a good reason to explain why the saints – especially two of the most pre-eminent ones, Mary and Joseph – are so important to us, this Feast of the Holy Family…
It’s been said that in our day and age, with people holding more polarizing beliefs and opinions on an ever-growing list of items, that it’s hard to get people to agree on anything. But if…
One of the hardest assignments that I had to complete as a seminarian was when we were assigned in our Second Year of Theology for our Pastoral Assignment. Every semester they tried to vary it…
Let me tell you how the devil tempted me and got into my head on Friday. He did it via email if you can believe that. There was I minding my own business going through…
One major life change for me as a result of the craziness of the viral pandemic has been going through what I’ve called a “media detox.” I’m not sure of when exactly in the almost…
In recent years there’s been a number of television shows that are remakes or revisit characters and storylines that were popular and enjoyed success in the past. One that is particularly interesting had one of…