Old Testament

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Did God Hate Esau?

Pat McCloskey, OFM May 12, 2020

Malachi 1:1-3 says: “An oracle. The word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi. ‘I have loved you,’ says the LORD; but you say, ‘How have you loved us?’ ‘Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?’ says the LORD: ‘yet I loved Jacob, but hated Esau; I made his mountains a waste, his heritage a desert for jackals.’”

Psalm 22: Feeling Forsaken

Michael D. Guinan, OFM May 10, 2020

Each year during Holy Week we Christians stand once again near the cross and hear Jesus' cry anew. Unlike those described in the Gospel, though, we know exactly what he said and we recognize it as the opening verse of ...

Jonah and the Whale

Richard Rohr, OFM May 9, 2020

The word change normally refers to new beginnings.

Psalm 8: Starry Skies and the Incarnation

Barbara Beckwith November 27, 2019

When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and stars that you set in place—What are humans that you are mindful of them. (Psalm 8:4-5)