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Congratulations Ros!
Rosalind and us hit it off famously the first time we met. She has stayed in our home a number of times and we've talked about her dream of starting a religious order. Rosalind Moss is a convert from...
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Great Commentaries on the Old Testament
When I started studying the Bible seriously I realized that utilizing Jewish commentaries could be very helpful. Studying Christian commentaries on the OT was helpful because they understood the whole...
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Yad Vashem, the Jews & Two Popes
On Monday the Pope will visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. However, he is not expected to go inside — to protest the inaccurate and scandalous display concerning Pope Pius XII and the...
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First Days in Israel – Video Below
I made a short YouTube video of our arrival in Israel. I will upload it when I get a good internet connection. Here at the Notre Dame it is abysmally slow. It said it would be 5 hours to upload and by...
View ArticleJewish Boy Becomes Jesuit Priest in Jerusalem
From Jerusalem: How does a Jewish boy’s friendship with a 90-year old Russian Orthodox nun, who happened to be a princess, lead the youth to become a Catholic — and eventually a Jesuit priest who is...
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How Odd of God
“How odd of God to choose the Jew; but odder still are those who choose the Jewish God and hate the Jew.” This clever couplet was written by British journalist William Norman Ewer (1885-1976). It...
View ArticleMass at the Tomb of Christ, and much more
The early morning walk of the Via Dolorosa to the Tomb of Christ for Mass is always the high point on any pilgrimage. Enjoy! Part I (see Part II below) After returning for breakfast we took off for St....
View ArticleWhat About the Pope’s Comments on the Jews and the Death of Christ
I was asked: I would like to ask you to please comment on the Popes recent statement that there is no scriptural basis that the Jews killed Jesus....
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Jewish to Evangelical to Catholic
Richard Maffeo Richard was born into a Jewish home in 1950. Twenty-two years later, he discovered Jesus is the Jewish Messiah, and served Him in evangelical Protestant churches for more than...
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Another Jewish Convert Explains His Conversion to Catholicism
This is a nice story. I include a paragraph to whet your appetite. About a month later it was around midnight and I turned to my wife Mary in bed and asked her what she wanted. Mary said that she...
View ArticleHas Europe Lost it Soul?
Jesse Ray here: I found this article by Rabbi Sacks very educational and the section on “Morality and the Crisis” especially thought provoking. He explores how our current market economy was formed...
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Bet You’ve Never Heard of this Heroic, Selfless Woman
Remember this lady?Irena Sendler Died: May 12, 2008 (aged 98) in Warsaw, Poland During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an ulterior...
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On this I Agree with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister Netanyahu: “Over the weekend, Hamas held festivities and demonstrations in Judea and Samaria to mark 25 years since it was founded. With the approval of Mahmud Abbas, they called for...
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Yad Vashem and “Hitler’s Pope”
Yad Vashem Controversy An inscription at Yad Vashem states that Pius XII‘s record during the Holocaust was controversial, and that he negotiated a concordat with the Nazis, maintained Vatican...
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Pope Benedict’s “First Convert”– and a Jewish Convert at that
Groucho Marx once said, “I wouldn’t want to belong to any club that would have a guy like me as a member.” So began my witness testimony at the Easter Vigil on April 7, 2007, when my wife Barbara and...
View ArticleHow Odd of God to Choose the Jew…
…to chose the Jew; but odder still are those who choose the Jewish God but hate the Jew.
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St. Paul did NOT Write for Us!
When arguments about salvation arise between Catholics and Protestants, the Bibles are usually opened to Galatians and Romans. Are we saved by faith alone or are works involved? Protestants quickly...
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How the Ancient Hebrews Viewed the Universe
This is part of Logos Bible Software. I encourage every Catholic to get this Catholic and Bible Study software. Visit http://www.logos.com/steveray
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Flint Knives and the Gospel
Ah, excuse me? What do flint knives have to do with the Gospel? A whole lot! Abraham believed God against all odds and as a reward he was given the special sign of the Covenant with God. And what was...
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Jews as Proof of God’s Existence & Faithfulness
Winston Churchill wrote “Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and the most remarkable race which...
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