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White Pope and Black Pope: Benedict and Francis?
We have a new Pope. We are all still trying to absorb what the election of this Argentinian Jesuit Pope Francis I means in the prophetic scheme. Is this the prophesied "Black Pope". There has always...
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The Black Pope and the Black AntiPope
The idea of a Black Pope is not a recent idea as the picture above demonstrates. Artists since the Middle Ages (13-14th century) have been depicting their interpretation of what the prophecy of the...
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Brothers in Arms: Popes Benedict XVI and Francis I
How amazing it is to see two Popes together. Twice the prayer power and twice the holiness- the world must really be in need. I also note that the Esseff messages may be ending or at least the teaching...
View ArticleAn Israeli Soldier's Song
I honour all the brave men and women of the Israeli Defence Force who daily lay down their lives for others. Israel is more isolated today than ever and needs our prayer support.
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Hephzibah: As Ancestor and Mother of the Messiah
In 2004 Sarah an Hasidic Jewish woman (who is a secret Catholic) wrote: "We know from the Mishna that betrothal carried almost all the same legal standing as full marriage. Jewish law is like Canon...
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Pope Francis and Stubborn Catholics
Pope Francis gave a very interesting homily about Vatican II and the Holy Spirit. Already there are many so-called 'orthodox' and traditional Catholics criticising him. Fortunately the truly...
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Pope Francis is a Marian Pope
Robert Moynihan has a wonderful article about Pope Francis and his Marian devotion on his website. It is titled "Francis, Mary and the Deciever". It begins:"Francis, Mary, and the DeceiverPope Francis...
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Pope Francis and Chagall
Menachem Wecker writes about how Pope Francis loves the Jewish artist Marc Chagall's "White Crucifixion". This is also one of my favourite paintings along with Chagall's other paintings that have a...
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Miriam's Well Found in Sea of Galilee?
A recent discovery of a stone structure submerged in the Sea of Gallilee (Lake Kinneret) may be the stone structure described by the Arizal (Isaac Luria) and other Jewish sages as the Well of Miriam...
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Incarnation, Eucharist and the Eschaton
This essay will address the connection between eschatology and the Eucharist in the context of the Jewish ‘roots’ or origins of both Christian eschatology and the Eucharistic Mystery and how this...
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Divine Melody: A Theology of the Body
Rebbe Nachman of Breslov Pope John Paul IIThis essay will discuss, from a Jewish and Catholic perspective, the Jewish Hasidic teachings of Kabbalah in...
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Christologies: Above or Below?
“Any Christology ‘from below’ implies its counterpart, a Christology ‘from above’...” writes Jesuit priest Gerald O’Collins.[1]Father O’Collins describes Christology ‘from below’ as that Christology...
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Exploring the Canonicity of the Bible
There are many ways of exploring the canonicity of the Bible and what that means for the different Christian faith communities. In this very brief essay it is not possible to cover this broad topic...
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Mysticism of the Heart: A Pastoral Theology Reflection
The three journal readings I have chosen all reflect my personal focus on the mysticism or theology of the heart. As a Catholic Jew I also reflect on everything through the prism of my Jewish identity...
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St Paul on the Damascus Road: Haacker and Stendahl
I have chosen two readings to reflect on in regards to Paul’s Damascus road experience. I do this coming from a background of being both fully Jewish and fully Catholic. When one reflects on the...
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Resurrection of Jesus: Myth or History
Picture on the cover of Pinchas Lapide's book on the Reurrection of Jesus This essay will discuss the historicity of the...
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Markan and Lukan Communities: A Fabricated Affair
The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke are called synoptic Gospels because of the similarities of many of the stories they recount. This essay will focus on a comparison of the Gospels of Mark and Luke...
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Welcome to Prince George of Cambridge the future King of Australia
We all welcome our new heir to the Throne Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge. I thought all along that the baby would be a boy even though many seemed to think it was going to be a girl. I also...
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Mysterious Priest at Accident: Was it St Hannibale di Francia
A young Father Hannibale A composite of the Mysterious PriestIt has been suggested by some that the saint that appeared to pray with the young girl trapped in her car may have...
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The Future Marian Pope: Ennio Antonelli ???
In the "Locutions to the World" the Catholic visionary speaks of the Election of a new Pope after Pope Benedict who will eventually leave Rome and go to Jerusalem and be martyr there on behalf of the...
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