humbly place their confidence and trust in God their Savior. As a message of hope, the Magnificat focuses upon those who receive God’s word and cast themselves upon the might of His arm to deliver them. When and why Mary prayed her canticle the Magnificat? The Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55) isRead More →
a person who promulgates a law or a code of laws. What is the difference between lawgiver and lawmaker? As nouns the difference between lawgiver and lawmaker is that lawgiver is one who provides the laws to a society while lawmaker is one who makes or enacts laws. What doesRead More →
The goal of the divine plan in Exodus is a return to humanity’s state in Eden, so that God can dwell with the Israelites as he had with Adam and Eve through the Ark and Tabernacle, which together form a model of the universe; in later Abrahamic religions Israel becomesRead More →
Here’s how the Catechism defines it: Prudence is the virtue that disposes practical reason to discern our true good in every circumstance and to choose the right means of achieving it; “the prudent man looks where he is going.” What are the types of prudence? In the case of prudence,Read More →
Brokenness, in God’s eyes, is being so crushed by the sin and darkness of the world that we recognize there is no place to turn but to God. David’s life and brokenness is a perfect example. In 2 Samuel 12 and Psalm 51 we see it: the beauty of brokenness.Read More →
In Ezekiel 9:4–6, the prophet is told to “put a mark on the foreheads” of the faithful. In Isaiah 44:5, they’re to tattoo their arms with the words “of the Lord’s.” Bible scholars will say this owes to the custom of slavery. … When they get married, God and IsraelRead More →
Others say that he is buried in Mount Abu Qubays in Mecca, or that Noah took the bodies of Adam and Eve on the Ark and reburied them in Jerusalem. Ibn ÔAsakir says that the head of Adam is at the mosque of Abraham in the city of Khalil andRead More →
as a boys’ name is of Greek origin, and the name Ysidro means “gift of Isis”. Ysidro is a version of Isidore (Greek). ASSOCIATED WITH greek, gift. What kind of name is Isidro? The name Isidro is primarily a male name of Italian origin that means Gift Of Isis. IsRead More →
Ethel. Despite an Archie comics character (played by Shannon Purser, aka Barb from “Stranger Things,” on the CW’s “Riverdale”) and an “I Love Lucy” BFF, the name Ethel has not endured into the 21st century. The name peaked in popularity in 1896 as the No. … In 2017, only 28Read More →
Jesus is the great Deliverer from Sin, the great Deliverer from Bondage and the great Deliverer from Death. Jesus travelled together with His twelve disciples to the city of Gerasenes, a Gentile territory. As they disembarked from their boat, there came a demon-possessed man rushing from the rocky tombs toRead More →