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The jealousy of God

What does it mean to say that God is jealous? The first thing that comes to our mind is the Commandment which forbids idolatry. You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heav…
Golden Calf ver. 2

In the reading of Numbers 13-14 today, we read another version of the Golden Calf story. This time, even before the "golden calf" was made, God's wrath was kindled against this stiff-necked people.It seemed that they had…
Feast of St. John Vianney

Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of a simple parish priest, St. John Vianney. He is the patron saint of parish priests and Pope Benedict XVI, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the death of thi…
Feast of Ignatius of Loyola

Again, I will not write anything about of the life of this wonderful soldier of faith, St. Ignatius of Loyola. His loyalty as a soldier of Christ is worth respecting and imitating. I pray that we can follow his example a…
How did the journey last 40 years?

The last chapter of Exodus may give us a little idea why it took 40 years for the Israelites to travel to the Promised Land. The erection of the Tabernacle slowed down their journey.On the first day of the first month yo…
The Merits of Moses

Exodus describes the tablets on which the 10 commandments were craved in this way. And Moses turned, and went down from the mountain with the two tables of the testimony in his hands, tables that were written on both sid…
The Golden Calf

Moses went up to the mountain for forty days to get the 10 Commandments. The people below were getting impatient. It is not easy to wait for forty days when no end is in sight. Listen to the Israelites. When the people s…
The Commandments

After travelling for three months, the Israelites had arrived at Mount Sinai. There, they would set up a covenant with God who had liberated them from the bondage in Egypt. Previously, God made covenants with individuals…
Crossing the Red Sea

Efforts have been taken to locate the route the Israelites took to cross the Red Sea. The major problem is that the names of the places mentioned in the Scripture can no longer be found in modern maps. Tell the people of…
To consecrate the first-born

Chapter 12 of Exodus records the first Passover and the institution of the feast of Passover. God would inflict the last plague on the Egyptians, killing all the first-born, of men and cattle. In order to evade this plag…