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Scripture with the Fathers
This podcast is a Scripture Study based on the interpretation of the Church Fathers
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Matthew 18.1 True Greatness; Temptations to Sin
We begin Chapter 18 and the fourth discourse of Jesus within the Gospel According to Matthew. We turn to the Catechism of the Catholic Church and St. Jerome to…
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Exodus 20.7 Thou Shalt Not Steal
The Seventh Commandment forbids the taking of someone else's property and the right of one to possess property. But the commandment covers many other areas of…
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Matthew 17.3 Mustard Seeds and Prudence
The Fathers discuss the Mustard seed and what it means to have faith like a mustard seed? Then Jesus an Peter, (but notice Jesus calls Peter, "Simon") Peter is…
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Exodus 20.6 Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery
What is Adultery? What situations would constitute adultery? What about the indissolubility of marriage and a decree of nullity? Isn't that just "Catholic…
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Matthew 17.2 Jesus Cures an Epileptic Boy
The Scripture tells us the boy was suffering seizure (seleniazomai Gk.) So Scripture identifies that the boy has a medical condition. Scripture also tells us…
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Exodus 20.5 Thou Shalt Not Kill
Does the fifth commandment, "thou shalt not kill" mean that all killing is immoral? What about stopping an unjust aggressor? What about the death penalty? Is…
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Matthew 17.1 The Transfiguration
Jesus takes Peter, James and John up to Mt. Tabor and before them is transfigured before them. Seeing Jesus in his glory with the veil of his humanity lowered…
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Exodus 20.4 Honor Your Father and Mother
What does this entail? Is it strictly involving the family structure? What about other human authority structures? Does this commandment extend to human…
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Matthew 16.6 Taking Up One's Cross
Peter declares that Jesus is the Son of the Living God and Jesus tells the Apostles that He will give Peter the Keys. Immediately after, Jesus tells them that…
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Exodus 20.3 The Lord's Name and His Day
We continue looking at the Catechism of the Catholic Church in understanding what it means to not take the name of the Lord in vain and what it means to keep…
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Matthew 16.5 The Petrine Office Established
We continue exploring the exchange between Simon Bar-Jonah and Jesus. In this exchange we look back into the Old Testament and how Jesus giving Simon a new…
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Exodus 20.2 "Hear O Israel..."
We breakdown the ten commandments from the perspective of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. We see the hierarchy of the commandments and explore in depth…
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Matthew 16.4 Son of Jonah, the Rock
Jesus calls Simon, "Simon son of Jonah." But there is a problem, Simon's father's name is John, not Jonah. But earlier, Jesus refers to himself as Jonah. So…
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Exodus 20.1 The Ten Commandments
What are the ten commandments? What are they really? Is it prohibitions on one's freedom or a response of love to the One who loved us first? Since Christ, are…
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Matthew 16.3 Peter's Declaration That Jesus is the Christ Part 1
Jesus takes the Apostles to Caesarea Philippi and asks, "Who do men say that I am? and But who do you say that I am?" Peter's confession has many parts and we…
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Exodus 19.3 The Dark Night of the Soul
Moses enters the dark cloud on Mt. Sinai and speaks to the Lord. What is God doing with the trumpet blasts, the cloud and fire, lightning and thunder? Consider…
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Matthew 16.2 Leaven, Bread, and the Rock
Jesus walks away from the Pharisees and Sadducees and then gets into the "boat" with the Apostles and warns them about the "leaven" of the Pharisees. then…
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Exodus 19.2 The New Nation of Priests
We continue to explore the theophany on Mount Sinai and the nation of priests that Israel was supposed to be. This priesthood comes from it being God's first…
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Matthew 16.1 The Sign of Jonah
The Pharisees and Sadducees came to "test" Jesus. What does this say about who they are and where their loyalties lie? Who is their Daddy? Jesus responds by…
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Exodus 19.1 A Nation of Priests
Israel is God's "first born son" and consecrated as a nation of priests. But what is the nature of that priesthood? How does this relate to God's pedagogy of…
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Matthew 15.5 The Lame Leap Like a Deer
Jesus heals "all who came to him..." Matthew records that Jesus fulfills the prophet Isaiah as written in 35:5-6. After the healings, Jesus feeds the four…
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Exodus 18 Moses' Humility
Chapter 18 begins with the reuniting of Moses, his wife, sons and his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. Three key themes pop out of this chapter: the…
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Matthew 15.4 Persistence in Faith
Continuing with our discussion of the Canaanite woman's faith. We turn to Scott Hahn, Curtis Mitch, Edward Sri, St. Jerome, St. John Chrysostom, and St…
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Exodus 17.1 Water from the Rock
Picking up from Chapter 16, the Manna is more than just the bread, but it is the meat from quail, a bird. We look back to Genesis 1:20-23 to understand John 6…
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Matthew 15.3 Faith or Lineage
Jesus explains the parable to Peter who is dull in understanding. Jesus explains this so Peter can understand and we hear from Jerome and Augustine. Augustine…
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Exodus 16.1 What is it?
The Israelites murmur once again against Moses and in their hunger and murmuring God provides the manna; but what is it? We look to the Psalms, Wisdom and the…
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Matthew 15.2 Stomach or Heart?
Jesus explains what defiles a man and it is not what enters, but what comes out of man's mouth as that reveals what resides in his heart. We hear from St. John…
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15.2 Beside Restful Waters
The Song of Miriam is still echoing in the heads of the Hebrews, just after God rescues them from the Egyptian Army, so that Egypt never again threatens them…
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Matthew 15.1 Jesus Closes a Loophole
Jesus heals the sick not just at Gennesaret, but the town's people brought others as well. We see from Jerome and Chrysostom that Jesus fame has spread to the…
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Exodus 15.1 Hallelujah Yesuah!
The Israelites have crossed the Sea of Reeds and the Egyptian army is destroyed and seeing the enemies of Israel destroyed, compose a song of praise to God. We…
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Matthew 14.6 Jesus Walks on the Water Part II
Why Does Jesus wait until the fourth watch of the night, (between 3AM to 6AM)? Peter walks on the water, but then sinks, why? The disciples, for the first…
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Exodus 14.2 Typology of Baptism
After the Hebrews complain about the situation in which they are lead by Moses to the edge of the sea in front of them, the Egyptians behind them and the…
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Matthew 14.5 Jesus Walks on the Sea Part I
The Apostles are in the boat on the Sea of Galilee, while Jesus remains to pray. He comes to them in the fourth watch of the night. Jesus walks on the sea. Is…
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Exodus 14.1 The Hebrews' PTSD
The Hebrews left Egypt in great jubilation on their way to where Moses will lead them, a "land flowing with milk and honey." As they traveled Moses, following…
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Matthew 14.4 Feeding the Sheep in the Jubilee
We start off with St. John Chrysostom and St. Jerome and dive into Old Testament and New Testament Scriptural references. God/Jesus works a miracle of feeding…
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Exodus 13.2 Philistines Ahead and Egyptians to the Rear
The Israelites are lead away from Egypt and as they leave, are instructed sacrifice the first to open the womb to the Lord of all the clean animals, and to…
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Matthew 14.3 Foreshadowings of the Eucharist
We begin by reading Matthew 14:13-36. Jesus withdraws from Judea upon learning of the execution/martyrdom of John the Baptist. Is Jesus a coward, or prudent?…
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Exodus 13.1 Consecration of the First Born Male
What does it mean to be consecrated to God? Why the first born male is consecrated and not any first born? Where did the Israelites approach the Red Sea? What…
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Matthew 14.2 The Cost of John's Rigidity about Marriage
Why would John the Baptist be risk his life over the illicit marriage of Herod to Herodias? What does the Church, based on the teaching of Jesus Christ himself…
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Exodus 12.3 The New Hidden in the Old
We look at the Passover liturgical rite as a prefigurement of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. We look to St. Cyril of Alexandria and Dr. Bergsma and Dr. Pitre…
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Matthew 13.4; 14.1 End of Third Discourse and Rejection of Jesus
Jesus ends the third discourse and then goes to his home-town and those who "knew" Him take offense at Him at His wisdom and mighty works. So they were aware…
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Exodus 12.2 Memorial Day
We hear from St. Cyril of Alexandria, St. John Chrysostom, and St. Jerome and see that the Passover sacrificial offering is a type of the actual everlastic…
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Matthew 13.3 Three Parables about the Kingdom
We continue looking at the third discourse of Jesus about the kingdom of God. We begin with a quote from St. Jerome about the Mustard Seed and how the Gospel…
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Exodus 12.1 Negotiations Breakdown, Pharaoh's Unconditional Surrender
Pharaoh Mock God and in doing so provides the very curse he uses against God's servant Moses, is the very plague that God delivers to the Egyptians. We do a…
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Matthew 13.2 Wheat, Tares and Mustard Seed
Jesus down shifts to teaching using parables and using analogous agricultural themes to teach heavenly realities about the kingdom. What is a tare? How did the…
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Exodus 10-11 I AM Will Not Be Mocked
Locusts and Darkness lead up to the final plague as Pharaoh's heart becomes even more hardened. I AM has now destroyed the last of the agriculture of Egypt by…
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Matthew 13.1_The Kingdom
Jesus gives his third discourse and explains the kingdom of God. However, there is a shift in the manner in which Jesus speaks and conveys this teaching. He…
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Exodus 9 Pharaoh Recognizes God?
Systematically, "I AM" the God of the Hebrews, is systematically defeating the gods of Egypt, this time Apis, Hathor, Sekhmet, Nut, Shu, Tefnut, Senehem…
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Matthew 12.5 Jonah, Demons Return, and Jesus' Family
What is the sign of Jonah? Was it just one thing as Jesus articulates or is there more? He alludes to the third sign of Jonah and what that will be. We turn to…
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Exodus 8 Frogs, Gnats and Flies
God sends Moses to Pharaoh to demand, on behalf of God to let His people go to serve the Lord God. God gives Pharaoh a choice, let my people go or the Nile…
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Matthew 12.4 The Spirit, the Tree and Its Fruit
Jesus shows us the way in which to be meek and gentle, even when we are being attacked. However, as the Pharisees continue the false accusations this time…
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Exodus 7 Pharaoh's Hard Heart
God hardens Pharaoh's heart. Pharaoh hardens his heart. Pharaoh's heart was hardened. So which is it? Who is hardening Pharaoh's heart? How can we decipher…
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Matthew 12.3 Who is it that Binds the Strong Man?
Matthew shows us a facet of Jesus as the warrior king, the goel, who comes to rescues His people; to take back that which belongs to Him. Jesus in…
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Exodus 5 and 6 Setting the Stage
We are introduced to the coming conflict between God and the gods of Egypt. Pharaoh, representing the tyrant of the devil responds to the modest request of a…
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Matthew 12.2 Lord of the Sabbath
What is the proper understanding of the Sabbath Rest? Is it lawful to do good or evil, to save life or kill? In the Gospel of Mark, we see in the same event as…
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Exodus 4.2 Moses' Journey Back to Egypt
First God calls Moses to go to Egypt to Free His people, then God was going to kill Moses on the over-night stay. How can we explain this? What was the reason…
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Matthew 12.1 Hints at the New Priesthood
Jesus makes reference to King David and his men from 1 Kings 13 and also Leviticus and Deuteronomy in refuting the Pharisees' accusation that He was breaking…
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Exodus 3.2, 4.1 God's Essence and Moses Mission
We continue in our discussion of the Essence of God as revealed to Moses, and the significance of giving someone your name. God sends Moses on a Mission and…
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Matthew 11.4 Jesus Thanks His Father
Jesus prays to His Father. Does this mean that He is a being less than the Father? However, Not only the Fathers, St. Augustine, St. Chrysostom and St. Hilary…
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Exodus 3.1 I AM Who AM
Moses the prince of Egypt becomes a shepherd and while tending the flock of his father-in-law, the Priest of Midian, he sees a burning bush. From this…