The meaning of "the fear of the Lord"

Treasures of Our Faith with Deacon Richard Vehige · Mar 5, 2026 · 6m

On Thursday of the Second Week of Lent our Church invites us to first read and reflect on a passage from the book of Exodus (18:13-27) entitled "The judges are appointed under Moses". Our treasure, which follows, is from the treatise on the psalms by Saint Hilary, bishop.

Saint Hilary was a fourth century bishop of Poitiers, France and a Doctor of the Church. His name comes from the Latin word for happy or cheerful. Saint Hilary is best known as the leading opponent of Arianism during his time. Arianism was named after Arian, a priest who taught that Jesus Christ was not divine. Arianism was…