When fishes flew and forests walked ( Read more... )

This closing of today's gospel reads, "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him." The wrath of God is death. For John it really is a matter of life and death ( Read more... )

Today's Take 5 for Faith was about Saint Damasus, a pope who is best known for encouraging Saint Jerome to translate the Bible and changing the Liturgy from Greek to Latin, so ordinary people could "encounter the Word of God in their own language." The reflection encouraged exploring various translations, so I figured I'd pull out the various ( Read more... )