Category: Bible Quiz

NEW CREATIONS (PART 2)

“God created.” –Genesis 1:27 On the threshold of Lent, we pray for a new springtime in the Spirit resulting in new creations. The Lord continues to create through His Spirit, Word, and light. In God’s light, we see the “formless wasteland” (see Gn 1:2) of our lives. We see the need to establish God’s order, harmony, shalom. Accordingly, we begin to separate things in our life, just as God separated the light from the darkness (Gn 1:4), the waters above from the waters below (Gn 1:7), and the land from the sea (Gn 1:9). A re-ordering is necessary for re-creations...

THE DOWN PAYMENT

October 2022 | Bible Quiz – 94 ( II Thessalonians ) – [ in English ] “You too were chosen; when you heard the glad tidings of salvation, the word of truth, and believed in it, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit Who had been promised. He is the Pledge of our inheritance, the first Payment against the full redemption of a people God has made His own, to praise His glory.” –Ephesians 1:13-14 St. Paul had a strange title for the Holy Spirit. He called the Spirit “the Down Payment.” The Lord has promised us new life, freedom, joy, peace, love, power,...

இருளில் பேசியவை ஒளியில் கேட்கும்…

October 2022 | Bible Quiz – 94 ( II Thessalonians ) – [ in English ] லூக்கா 12:1-7 இறையேசுவில் இனியவா்களே! நம்பிக்கையோடும் ஆர்வத்தோடும் திருப்பலிக்கு வந்திருக்கின்ற உங்கள் அனைவரையும் அன்போடு வரவேற்கின்றேன். இந்த நாள் உங்களுக்கு இனிய நாளாக இருக்கவும், நீங்கள் நல்ல உடல்நலத்துடன் வாழவும், உங்கள் வாழ்க்கை ஆசீர்வாதமாக அமையவும் உங்களை வாழ்த்துகிறேன். ஆண்டவரிடம் மன்றாடுகிறேன். நாம் அதிகமாக ரகசியங்களை, பேசக்கூடாதவைகளை பேசுவதற்கு நாம் தேடுகின்ற இடம் இருள். அந்த இடம் பாதுகாப்பானது அல்ல, அனைத்தும் வெளியே தெரிந்துவிடும். இருளில் பேசியது அனைத்தும் ஒளியில் கேட்கும். ஆகவே கவனமாய் இருங்கள் என்கிறது இன்றைய நற்செய்தி வாசகம். நாம் வாழும் இந்த நவீன உலகத்தில் ரகசிங்களை பேசுவதற்கு, இச்சைக்குரிய காரியங்களை பேசுவதற்கு, செய்வதற்கு பலவிதமான வாய்ப்புகள் உள்ளது. மறைவாக பேசுவற்கு எவ்வளவு வாய்ப்புகள் உள்ளதோ அதே அளவுக்கு அது தெரிவதற்கும் உள்ளது. இதற்கு என்ன செய்யலாம்? இரண்டு வழிகள் எப்போதும்...

THE SACRAMENT OF HUMILITY

“This is My body, Which is for you.” –1 Corinthians 11:24 Jesus “humbled Himself” (Phil 2:8). He emptied Himself of the glory He shared with the Father in heaven (Jn 17:5). He stooped down to caress and wash the sandal-clad, road-dusty feet of those who would shortly betray, abandon, and deny Him (Jn 13:5). He set aside His glory and took on the appearance of bread and wine to become one body with us. In His Eucharistic Body, given for us (1 Cor 11:24), He humbly became one with us who have participated in crucifying Him through our sins (Catechism...

REFUSING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me; therefore He has anointed Me.” –Luke 4:18 Jesus, returning in the power of the Spirit, stands up in the synagogue and reads His job description from Isaiah 61. His first responsibility is to bring glad tidings to the poor (Lk 4:18). When He did that, He was accused of breaking the law by eating with tax collectors and sinners (Mt 9:11). The second part of His job is to proclaim liberty to captives (Lk 4:18). When He told the religious leaders and people that they were slaves of sin, they denied everything,...