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		<title>St. Jerome and the Bible</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Steffan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend told me St. Jerome had a lot to do with the Bible translation. Didn&#8217;t he live long ago? St. Jerome (345-420), whose feast is celebrated on September 30, is accepted as the model of biblical scholarship and study. His knowledge of Hebrew, Greek and Latin enabled him to translate the Bible from the original languages into vibrant and readable Latin known as the Vulgate. That translation was still in use during the Second Vatican Council of 1962-1965. Modern biblical scholarship owes much to the scholarship model that Jerome established. Two significant papal encyclicals and other significant biblical documents are associated with Jerome&#8217;s scholarship. Pope Pius XII released his encyclical, Divino Afflante Spiritu, &#8220;Inspired by the Divine Spirit,&#8221; on September 30, 1943, in honor of St. Jerome. Pius&#8217; encyclical commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of Leo XIII&#8217;s encyclical promoting Catholic biblical scholarship, Providentissimus Deus, &#8220;The God of all Providence,&#8221; written in 1893. In November 1965, the Second Vatican Council issued its Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Relation, Dei Verbum, &#8220;The Word of God,&#8221; incorporating much of the understanding of modern biblical scholarship. Jerome&#8217;s scholarship continues to be the inspiration for much of today&#8217;s Catholic biblical study. Thank God for Jerome and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Lessons in Discipleship Do We Learn?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Steffan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is Catechetical Sunday, and what lessons in discipleship do we learn from Mark&#8217;s Gospel? Each year we designate the third Sunday in September as Catechetical Sunday. A theme is chosen to highlight an essential aspect of handing on the faith. This year&#8217;s theme centers on &#8220;The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church,&#8221; echoing the theme from the 2008 Synod of Bishops. The Gospel for this Sunday offers insights about what following Jesus entails. Mark&#8217;s Jesus continually instructs his disciples on what true discipleship demands. Today we hear Jesus&#8217; second of three predictions of his passion, death and resurrection. After each prediction, the disciples misunderstand Jesus&#8217; words or seem to be distracted with thoughts that are usually the opposite of what Jesus expected. Instead of understanding and accepting the challenge that following Jesus entails, the disciples argue about who is the greatest. Jesus patiently clarifies that to be first means to be last and to be servant of all. Then Jesus holds a child-vulnerable, powerless, and without status-as a lesson in discipleship. As we reflect on the theme for Catechetical Sunday, let us learn from Mark&#8217;s Jesus the challenges of faithful discipleship. ©2009 Liturgical Publications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Reflection on Jesus and Feeding the 5000</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Steffan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[17th Sunday in Ordinary Time There is a certain fast-food company that sells hamburgers. In their advertising, they claim that their product has the ability to satisfy our cravings. In fact, several television ads depict their hamburger calling people up on the phone, ostensibly getting them to stop whatever it is they are doing to satisfy their craving. Nothing can resist them! Is this company creative? Perhaps; but a better question might be, is their product fulfilling? For a brief period our hunger is satisfied, but as with all urges and cravings, they soon return. Today&#8217;s Gospel reading is the only miracle story told in all four Gospels, the feeding of the five thousand. It is theorized by some that one aspect of the miracle was Jesus&#8217; belief in our ability to share. As the baskets of fish and bread were passed, the people took what they needed but shared some of what they had, as well. But the greater symbolism to take away from today&#8217;s reading is that Jesus Christ, the bread of life, removes all hunger and all needs and continues to nourish us forever. All that we crave truly resides in the loving arms of the Son [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5th Sunday of Easter &#8211; Cycle B &#8211; May 10, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 18:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr. Kevin Boucher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[5th Sunday of Easter &#8211; Cycle B – 2009 Acts 9:26-31; I John 3:18-24; John 15:1-8 Jesus obviously lived in an agricultural society because of the many agricultural images he used in his parables.  He spoke of the Word of God in terms of a farmer sowing seed.  He spoke of the grain of wheat dying to produce much fruit.  He spoke of heaven in images of a vineyard.  These timeless images can speak to every generation because they all have to with the basic human necessity of food.  We all need food and at least have some idea that food comes from farms.  Today Jesus gives us the image of the vine and the branches. I see three very important lessons we can learn from the teaching Jesus gives us today.  First of all, the vine and the branches remind us of the importance of &#8220;cleaning up our act.&#8221;  Anyone who has ever worked with plants knows that in order to help the plant grow more fully it needs pruning.  The dead branches need to be cut away completely in order to make room for the new living branches.  The dead branches in our life are the things that [...]]]></description>
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