angfrayle on June 2nd, 2005

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This week, the wisdom book offered for meditation and reflection in the liturgy is that of Tobit. The story of Tobit is set outside of the Holy Land and was written as an edifying story for the Israelite who wishes to live faithful to Yahweh and His Ways at a time and place that [...]

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angfrayle on May 24th, 2005

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The selections from Sirach in this week’s liturgy is about the worship of God. The passages proposed for meditation bear on conversion, sacrifices and offerings, prayer and contemplation, among others.

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angfrayle on May 20th, 2005

To live wisely is to keep before one’s eyes the status that one has before God: his “image and likeness”. This phrase simply means “his child.” St. Paul would write that the wisdom of the cross has changed the status of men from that of slavery to the freedom of the sons of God. It is Christian wisdom that allows him to remain such even in a world that despises such wisdom.

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angfrayle on March 9th, 2005

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Ezekiel 37:12-14 comes at the climax of the magnificent vision that Ezekiel witnesses in the Valley of Dry Bones. The dried skeleton of the fallen are made to stand, take o?n flesh and receive the breath of life from the Spirit that God makes to pass among them. The vision is about the [...]

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angfrayle on February 27th, 2005

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Below is an illustration of the typology I use for Moses and the Rock at the Massah and Meribah episode in Exodus 15. In order to make this OT passage work, I found that two NT passages were crucial: 1 Cor. 2:4 and John 4. In 1 Cor. 2, Paul identifies the [...]

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angfrayle on February 25th, 2005

It is not however limited to the Pseudo-Jubilee fragments on the Sacrifice of Isaac but brings out a lot more about the Aqedah than its title expresses. In fact, the article is also a review and discussion about what previous authors have said about how the story of Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac has been retold in tradition. Particular attention is given on Vermes’ interpretation of the text from Qumran

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angfrayle on February 19th, 2005

Brief notes on the waters of baptism.

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angfrayle on February 9th, 2005

Notes about the creation account as drawn from a homily on Martedi Grasso, February 2005

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angfrayle on January 5th, 2005

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I was going through the contents of the “Dead Sea Scrolls Bible” this afternoon. I smiled when I remembered one of the INK ministers on TV saying that they know that the books in the Old Testament are canonical because of the discovery of at Qumran. Of course he was saying [...]

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angfrayle on December 27th, 2004

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I couldn’t help myself. I’ve seen the book twice before, but I didn’t have the cash. This afternoon, I saw it again and so I bought it. It is called “The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible: The Oldest Known Bible Translated For the First Time Into English.” Apart from the [...]

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angfrayle on November 13th, 2004

A reminder from your neighborhood prophet.

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