The 'hour' comesScott Hahn
Our readings today are filled with anticipation. The days are coming, Jeremiah prophesies in today's First Reading. The hour has come, Jesus says in the Gospel. The new covenant that God promised ...
Living in the light Scott Hahn
The Sunday readings in Lent have been showing us the high points of salvation history -- God's covenant with creation in the time of Noah; His promises to Abraham; the law He gave to Israel at Sinai. In ...
Spiritual sacrificeScott Hahn
Jesus does not come to destroy the temple, but to fulfill it (see Matthew 5:17) -- to reveal its true purpose in God's saving plan. He is the Lord the prophets said would come -- to purify the ...
Bonds loosed Scott Hahn
The Lenten season continues with another story of testing. Last Sunday, we heard the trial of Jesus in the desert. In this week's First Reading, we hear of how Abraham was put to the test. The ...
The new creationScott Hahn
Lent bids us to return to the innocence of our baptism. As Noah and his family were saved through the waters of the deluge, we were saved through the waters of Baptism, Peter reminds us in today's ...
Made clean Scott Hahn
In the Old Testament, leprosy is depicted as punishment for disobedience of God's commands (see Numbers 12:12-15; 2 Kings 5:27; 15:5). Considered "unclean" -- unfit to worship or live with the ...
Raised to serveScott Hahn
In today's First Reading, Job describes the futility of life before Christ. His lament reminds us of the curse of toil and death placed upon Adam following his original sin (see Genesis 3:17-19). ...
The king's authority Scott Hahn
Last week, Jesus announced the kingdom of God is at hand. This week, in mighty words and deeds, He exercises His dominion -- asserting royal authority over the ruler of this world, Satan (see John 12:31). Notice ...