Biblical Exposition

Goofey Homily on Multiplication of Loaves?

February 20, 2011

UPDATE: Based on the comments below and the on my Facebook account (facebook.com/JerusalemJones) a lot of people heard this goofey homily — are are doing something about it!. If you heard a goofy homily this weekend about the multiplication of loaves and fish — a trendy priest or deacon saying it was no miracle, Jesus [...]

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Running with Jesus on the Road to Emmaus

February 19, 2011

I didn’t realize it would be quite so long and I made a wrong turn or two that turned this into a 14 mile run — and through hilly country. But I loved it and gave a few meditations along the way imagining walking along with Jesus. Abu Ghosh is a site is known for [...]

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Biblical, Historical Adventures in Israel: Hebron & Masada

February 16, 2011

Yesterday Janet and I went in Palestinian city of Hebron, home and burial site of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Saw Oaks of Mamre (Gen 18). Found Tomb of Jesse and Ruth. Went into the Tombs of the Patriarchs (Machpelah) from both the mosque side and the synagogue side. Jewish settler took us all over the [...]

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“Call No Man Your Father” – (link fixed)

January 27, 2011

Why do Catholics call their priest “Father” when Jesus said, “Call no man your father.” If you haven’t heard this question yet, some day you certainly will. We must understand what Jesus was saying and why he was saying it in order to understand his words. I was asked this question again and here is [...]

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Catholic Answers Live – Questions I Answered

January 10, 2011

Today I was on Catholic Answers Live. The topic was “ARE YOU STILL SAVED?” It was a rousing show with a lot of calls and heated (well, calmly heated) discussion. This topic is always bound to bring out the passion in people because it is such an important question and there are such divergent opinions [...]

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Found these Tracks While Walking Recently

January 9, 2011

Don’t know about where you live — but here in Ann Arbor Michigan it is cold! But Janet and I don’t mind and we’ve been walking to keep in shape and enjoy the outdoors. It snowed last night so it was fun looking at all the track little creatures left in the fresh powdery snow, [...]

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My Radio Show on Immaculate Conception

December 12, 2010

This show was on the new station in Baton Rouge (“next door” to Jimmy Swaggart). You can listen to the archived show here. You will have to move the tab to about the middle of the show which is where i talk about the Immaculate Conception.

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Did Catholics Invent Pilgrimages?

November 22, 2010

No, it was something the Holy Family did at least once a year! Look what the Catechism says: “[Jesus'] public ministry itself was patterned by his pilgrimages to Jerusalem for the great Jewish feasts” (583). And the Psalmist wrote: “Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage” (Psa 119:54 in RSV-Catholic [...]

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What Does “Water and Spirit” Mean?

November 2, 2010

A while ago a Protestant friend tried to prove that Born Again by “water and Spirit” did not mean baptism. Here is one paragraph that he sent me: In John, chapter 3, Jesus told Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews and a Pharisee, that one must be born ‘from above’ (Gr. anothen) in order to enter the [...]

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Mary, Part II

October 22, 2010

I will be on radio again today to talk about Mary at www.relevantradio.com. It will be at 5 PM Eastern time. This time we will talk about the last half of Mary’s life including Cana, Calvary, Pentecost and her Assumption and Queenship. (Picture: Statue in Nazareth of the pregnant Mary of Nazareth.) Cana was a [...]

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Excellent and Precise Video on Mary!!

October 18, 2010

This video is only 11 minutes long but sure packs in the information on Mary! Enjoy!

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Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?

October 11, 2010

If you haven’t purchased the United States Bishops’ little booklet entitled The Authentic Jesus: Catholic Belief versus Modern Fiction, then I recommend you go to the USCCB website and purchase a few copies along with their DVD. This booklet takes 20 minutes to read but it is an EXCELLENT short rebuttal to the DaVinci Code and [...]

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Is Scripture Sufficient…

October 4, 2010

Someone wrote a friend of mine asserting that 2 Timothy 3:16 proved that Scripture alone was all we needed. The famous passage reads, “All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” [...]

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God said “Please”; Abraham said “OK”

September 8, 2010

Studying Scripture like this is one of my favorite things to do in the whold world. Nice little tidbits pop out, like the one I found yesterday. When God said to Abraham: ”Take Isaac, your only son, the one whom you love, and offer him up on a mountain which I will show you,” he did not give [...]

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Questions for “Bible Christians”

July 10, 2010

A while ago I put together a list of over 35 questions for “Bible Christians” who reject the Catholic Church but believe in sola Scriptura — the Bible Alone. This issue is the Achilles Heel of the Bible Only Protestant tradition. By the way, the early Church had not such tradition. This novel idea only [...]

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What Are You?

June 17, 2010

Are you an American that happens to be Catholic? or, Are you a Catholic that happens to be an American? If you are a citizen of another country, the same question applies. Paul wrote, “But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 3:20, NAB)

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