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The Wedding Feast, the Lamb, and the Kingdom
On the Readings for Sunday, October 15, 2017 […]
Apocalypse
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Advent is Apocalyptic
Readings: • Is 2:1-5 • Ps 122: 1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 • Rom 13:11-14 • Mt 24:37-44 Advent is apocalyptic. Perhaps you’ve never thought of it in that way. But today’s readings are revealing. […]
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Extra, extra! News and views for November 16, 2022
Armageddon – “What does the Bible really teach about the End of the World, Armageddon, the second coming of Jesus Christ and the final battle against the Antichrist?” Armageddon, Apocalypse, and the Final Battle (Integrated […]
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Apocalypse How?
Readings: • Acts 13:14, 43-52 • Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5 • Rev 7:9, 14b-17 • Jn 10:27-30 Pop quiz: which book of the Bible describes black helicopters, high-tech warfare involving Russia and China, and computer […]
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Longing for the Apocalypse, Now
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it has been hard to resist the lust for justice. Putin’s brutal tactics, along with the pathos of his victims and the courage of Ukrainian resistance, all shared online […]
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Tribulation, apocalypse, distress—and hope
Readings: • Deut 12:1-3 • Psa 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11 • Heb 10:11-14, 18 • Mk 13:24-32 Tribulation, affliction, and distress. These aren’t attractive topics, but they are quite real; they are part of our […]
Essay
Apocalypse 2020
It has been an apocalyptic year. As one who teaches theology and ethics, and writes biblical commentary too, permit me to explain that an “apocalypse,” properly speaking, is not a disaster, a scene of death […]
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Apocalypse Then
On the morning of Ash Wednesday, I walked out of the hotel where I was staying and strolled across a sprawling green playing field (Obviously I wasn’t in Minnesota) to a lovely little Franciscan church […]
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Saint Paul, the Apocalypse, and the mystery of evil
One of the most enigmatic tropes in the New Testament can be found in St. Paul’s comments to the Thessalonians (2 Thess 2) about the “mysterium iniquitatis”: the mystery of “lawlessness” or “evil” he tells […]
Books
How a dystopian novel from 1907 can challenge and inspire Catholics in 2018
“I am perfectly aware,” apologized Fr. Robert Hugh Benson in the preface to Lord of the World, “that this is a terribly sensational book.” But for fans of dystopian apocalyptic novels, no apology is necessary: […]