of the human person from conception until natural death
In the first three chapters of his Letter to the Ephesians, Saint Paul explained that God had given the Church great spiritual riches so that she could lead the world into peace. Then, in that letter’s subsequent chapter, Paul declares that the first way that believers can show the world…
During the fifth week, the first reading involves incidents: the accusation against Susanna, a healing image lifted up in the desert, the three faithful witnesses who survive the fiery furnace, the account of God’s covenant with Abram, Jeremiah’s fearful trust in the midst of the plot against him, and Ezekiel’s…
The Day of the Lord (Heb. Yom Adonai; Gk. hēmera Kyriou) has multiple meanings in the Bible, such as a day of judgment and destruction or a day of hope for those who have been forgiven. When the expression is understood as a prophesied time of divine judgment and intervention,
Nature and dignity 