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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 11.3 Everything Has a Season
We complete Jesus discussing John the Baptist, as Jesus brings out that John and Jesus' arrival are fulfilling the prophecy of Malachi. Jesus shifts to…
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Exodus 2.3 Reuel the Jethro of Midian
We go into detail about Moses fleeing into Midian. Where is Midian, and why is that location called Midian? Why would, in God's providence have Moses wind up…
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Matthew 11.2 John the Baptist, the New Elijah
How is it that John points out Jesus as the Lamb of God, the Bridegroom, and One whom he is unworthy to even untie His sandals and yet sends two of his…
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Exodus 2.2 Moses: A Type of Christ
We here from St. Cyril of Alexandria who gives us a typological sense of the book of exodus and sees the actions of Moses, the taskmasters and Pharaoh as types…
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Exodus 2.1 Moses
Exodus Chapter 2 introduces us to Moses. Who is Moses and where did he come from? We look deeper into the origins of Moses and his upbringing. We look to…
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Matthew 10.3 The Church 11.1 Messengers from John the Baptist
Jesus begins laying down the hierarchy of the Church and the laity. We here from St. Ignatius of Antioch (A.D. 107) the second successor from St. Peter as the…
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Matthew 10.2 The Price of Discipleship
We look to the book of Wisdom, the Psalms and Micah to gain understanding of the price of living accoding to the commandments of God and disciples of Jesus. We…
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Exodus Chapter 1 Fear of Pharaoh, and Courage of Shiphrah and Puah
The Israelites in Egypt fulfill the command of God to "be fruitful and multiply". Pharaoh becomes afraid of the Israelites as they grew rapidly in number and…
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Matthew 10.1 The Mission of the Apostles
In the Gospel according to Matthew, Jesus begins the second of the five discourses Matthew records. In this discourse, Jesus gives the Apostles a mission and…
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Exodus Introduction
Who was the Pharaoh at the time of the Exodus? When did the Exodus happen? We discuss the written and archeological evidence within the Sacred Scriptures and…
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Matthew 9.5 Sight to the Blind and Casting out Demons
Jesus cures two blind men and drives out a mute demon; Miracles 9 and 10. Matthew shows How Jesus fulfills the covenant God made with King David through the…
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Genesis 49 and 50: Blessing, Curse and Christ's Passion Foretold
Jacob prophetically tells the outcome of each of the tribes of Israel. In this, Jacob foretells of the coming of Christ out of the tribe of Judah which will be…
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Matthew 9.4 Making Clean and Bringing Back to Life
What can we learn from the woman suffering from a Hemorrhage for twelve years and a twelve year old girl brought back to life? Why are these significant and…
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Genesis 48 Joseph Receives a Double Portion
Jacob/Israel blesses Joseph's two sons Ephraim and Manasseh as Jacob would bless his other sons and grants them lands in the land of Canaan. Jacob blesses the…
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Matthew 9.3 Fasting and Jubilee
"The disciples of John came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" Seems like Jesus could have answered straight…
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Genesis 47.2 Topology of the Kingdom of Heaven
We hear from St. John Chrysostom, St. Cyril of Alexandria, St. Augustine, and Haydock's Catholic Biblical Commentary to gain an understanding in the literal…
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Matthew 9.2 The Call of Matthew
Jesus calls Matthew, a tax collector to be one of the twelve. Jesus then sits down and dines with the other tax collectors and "sinners." The Pharisees are…
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Genesis 47 Part I Joseph's Prudent Stewardship
Joseph's Prudent Stewardship separates his family into the fertile Nile Delta where they are fruitful and multiply. Even though the famine becomes more and…
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Matthew 9 Part I Healing of the Paralytic
Jesus returns to Caparaum, "His own city." While at Peter's home he heals a paralytic, but not before forgiving his sins. But who can forgive sins, but God…
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Genesis 46 Jacob and Joseph Meet
Jacob revives at the news and proof of the wagons and gifts that Joseph his beloved son is alive. Jacob first goes to Beersheba to offer sacrifice and to…
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Calming the Sea, Healing of the Gadarene Demoniacs
Miracles number four and five: Jesus speaks and the storm ceases, and drives out the demons from the two men among the tombs. Jesus displays His divine power…
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Genesis 45 Joseph Makes Himself Known
Joseph makes himself known to his brothers after Judah's supplication to sacrifice himself for his younger brother Benjamin's sake. Joseph is reduced to tears…
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Matthew 8 Jesus Heals Many at Peter's House and Would be Followers of Jesus
Jesus cures many at Peter's house, beginning with Peter's mother-in-law. After having cured many, including driving out demons with a word, (i.e. Because…
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Genesis 44 Conviction of the Holy Spirit
Joseph puts his elder brothers to the test to gain information about where their true hearts are. Recalling how he was treated with envy and contempt, Joseph…
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Matthew 8 Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servaant
Jesus heals a Centurion's servant without touching the ill person, but simply by his word by the intercession of the servant's master. This master, a pagan…
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Genesis 43 part II The Church Foretold in the Sons of Jacob
From Moses to St. Paul to St. Cyril of Alexandria to the Second Vatican Council in the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium; a continuity exists…
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Matthew 8 Cleansing of the Leper
Jesus descends the mountain, and after having given the new Law of the Gospel, he begins performing miracles. The first miracle of the ten in Chapters 8 and 9…
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Matthew 7 Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
What is a prophet? Who were the prophets and what did they do and say? Who were the false prophets then, and who are the false prophets now? Are they in or…
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Matthew 7 Part II Ask, Seek, Knock
What does Jesus mean by not casting pearls before swine? How we should treat holy things? How can we know these things, but through asking, seeking and…
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Genesis 43 Part I The Worm That Never Dies
We review Chapter 43 and then consider the thoughts of St. John Chrysostom regarding the sons of Israel (Jacob) when, driven by famine to go to Egypt and meet…
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Genesis 42 Joseph's Brothers Recognize Their Sin
Being treated as spies and roughly so, Joseph's brothers, who had attempted to kill him, but sold him into slavery and lied to their father, come to…
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Matthew 7 Part I Judging Others
What does it mean to not judge? How do we then know right from wrong? Should we not correct others who's behavior is not in keeping with the commands of the…
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Matthew 6 Who Will You Serve?
When we see with the eye of the soul, we see the things of this world as things to be used to further the kingdom, to serve others and the Church. Jesus…
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Genesis 41 Part II Remaining Steadfast in Trial
We discover the topology of Joseph as a Christ like figure in the Old Testament. We hear from St. John Chrysostom and look at Psalms, Daniel and Matthew. We…
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Matthew 6 When You Fast; Where is Your Treasure
Jesus teaches us to fast. What is the teaching of the Church on fasting? We look to the Catechism and the Code of Canon Law to see what the official teaching…
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Genesis 41 Part I Joseph's Resurrection
Pharaoh has a dream that none can interpret. Not the priests of their religion, not his magicians, nor Pharaoh's "wise men" could interpret the dream. Joseph…
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Matthew 6: The Lord's Prayer
The Fathers break down for us the Lord's prayer and what it means, what is it means. In order to understand this, we must go back to the original Greek text…
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Genesis 40 Joseph's Virtue Shines in the Darkness
Joseph interprets the dreams of the Baker and the Butler. Joseph doesn't rail against those that have done him great injustice and falsely accused him. Rather…
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Matthew 6; How to Pray
When we pray are we praying for the Glory of God or vain glory for myself? What about repetitive prayer like the heathens? Is the Rosary, the litany of the…
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Joseph Escapes Potiphar's Wife, and Goes Back to Where He Started, or So It Would Seem...
Joseph retains his virtue by escaping Potiphar's lustful wife. Potiphar has Joseph put into a dungeon. We see by reading the Hebrew text that Joseph would seem…
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Matthew 6 Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving Part I
The three basics of Christian life Jesus affirms what every Jew would have known as basic piety. But Jesus tells us not to do this for others to see. Yet we…
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Genesis 39 Part I, The Virtue of Joseph Displayed in Trials
Joseph is a topological Christ and displays great virtue in the midst of many trials and in the face of great temptation. Joseph's is graced by God and…
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Matthew 5 Internal Disposition of the Moral Law
Jesus teaches that the internal disposition of the person brings about transgressions of the law. Anger brings about murder, lust adultery which leads to…
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Genesis Chapter 38, Judah and Tamar
The failures and sinfulness of man do not thwart God's purposes for the salvation of man realized in Jesus. In fact, it is precisely through man's failures and…
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Matthew 5 Fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets
What does it mean that Jesus fulfilled the Law and the Prophets? Or is it better to say that Jesus is the fulfillment of the Law of the Prophets? We look to…
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Genesis Chapter 37 Part II
We hear from St. Cyril of Alexandria breaking down Chapter 37 with a look forward to Christ. We look to the Psalms, Jeremiah, Isaiah and St. Matthew in the…
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Matthew 5 Salt, Light, Fulfilment of the Law
We continue with The Sermon of the Mount and discuss how the Fathers, Chrysostom, Hilary and Augustine give us insight into why Jesus is using these themes of…
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Matthew Chapter 5 Beatitudes Part III
In this episode we cover the last four of the beatitudes 6-9 and hear from St. Ambrose, St. Jerome, St. John Chrysostom, St. Augustine and St. Gregory the…
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Genesis Chapter 37 Part I
We begin in this episode the "Joseph Cycle" that will continue to the end of Genesis. Was Joseph purley innocent in being put upon by his brothers? We hear…
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Matthew 5, The Beatitudes Part II
In this episode we look at the Beatitudes individually from the perspective of Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine and Chrysostom. When Jesus takes His seat on the…
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Genesis Chapter 36, The Descendants of Esau
Was Job a real person? Esau makes peace with Jacob and peoples the lands around Canaan. Like Lot and Abraham, Jacob and Esau separate, Jacob remains in the…
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Matthew Chapter 5 Part I The Beatitudes
Why is Jesus sitting while teaching? Can we find anything in Scripture to give us an indication of why and what it might mean? Is "seeing the crowds, just…
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Genesis Chapter 35 Jacob Returns to Bethel
The little gems in this Chapter foreshadow the death of the Holy Innocents. The Chapter gives us a quick summary of God's promise to Abraham, Isaac and now…
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Matthew Chapter 4 Part IV Zebulun and Naphtali
Why did Jesus begin his ministry in Capernaum? Was this just a random luck of the draw or was there a purpose in Jesus using Capernaum as his home base at…
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Genesis 34 Dinah Defiled: Simeon and Levi's Vengeance
Dinah is curious, associates with other women of the town of Shechem and falls victim of the prince of the town. Simeon and Levi contrive a means to enact…
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The Third Temptation of Christ, Matthew Chapter 4 Part III
Satan tempts Jesus the third time, completing the the temptations of the three-fold concupiscence of the fall. Jesus resists by quoting the Law of God in…
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Jacob and Esau Meet, Genesis Chapter 33
The Beatitudes of Matthew 5 are foreshadowed by Jacob in his dealings not only with Laban, but more manifest in how he approaches his brother Esau. Jacob's…
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The Second Temptation of Christ Matthew Chapter 4 Part II
We gain further modern insight from Archbishop Fulton Sheen about the Temptations of Jesus Christ. Sheen gives us a take how Satan uses the same tactic in our…
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Genesis Chapter 32 Part II: Jacob's Faith and Meekness
We delve into Chapter 32 of Genesis through the eyes of St. John Chrysostom and St. Cyril of Alexandria. We see the Virtues of Jacob who valued relationship…
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Jesus is Tempted; Matthew Chapter 4 Part I
Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness... Yes the Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness into solitude and fasting, after which the devil tempted Him…