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The Good Word
John W. Martens
The local diocesan newspaper here in the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis The Catholic Spirit nbsp has a short piece on some comments the Pope sent to the Pontifical Biblical Commission whose members were meeting from May2-6 to discuss Inspiration and Truth in the Bible The Pope accordi
The Good Word
John W. Martens
The more you think about the resurrection the more bizarre it seems Bizarre in the sense of out of the ordinary peculiar odd - you can look up more synonyms on Microsoft Word I do not mean that it seems unreasonable oddly which some people might initially suspect for if one posits a living G
The Good Word
John W. Martens
I appreciate that you have listened to me for so many days but I want you to walk beside me while I tell you something else Please please join me walk beside me I told you yesterday that Cleopas and I had decided or at least were thinking about walking home today Sunday and that is what we a
The Good Word
John W. Martens
Today is Saturday We just sat on the floor and stayed hidden out of sight and prayed I have never seen so many people crushed in this way I sat without moving but it felt as if I were stumbling falling in the dark We did talk about Jesus but there was such a sense of loss in the room It wa
The Good Word
John W. Martens
I would rather not talk to you today I have no idea what happened no idea what just took place After the meal the Apostles walked with Jesus to the garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives All of the Apostles but one Judas had already left The others said that there was a strange tension
The Good Word
John W. Martens
The Twelve Apostles were sent to prepare for a supper in Jerusalem how many times have they shared a table together with Jesus over the years whether they actually had food or not when they had sat down to eat or had known what kind of food he would put on the table Jesus had supplied answers to