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I do what I do not want

Paul has a very strange understanding of the relationship between the law and sins. Perhaps it was a Jewish way of thinking in general. Let me illustrate what I meant. There are two Creation stories in Genesis. Genesis 1…
Abraham and the Law

If we demand Paul to present his arguments according to the standard and procedure today, it would be unreasonable. I am not familiar with how the Jewish rabbis argue. Perhaps Paul, a Pharisee, followed the contemporary …
Feast of Sorrows of the BVM (Year B)

The Catholic Church honours the Blessed Virgin Mary because she has been a model for all Christians. From all the gospels, we learn that her life has always been Christ-centred. Contemplating on the events of her life wi…
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…
Some demographic considerations

When Jacob's household settled in Egypt, there were 70 members. All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons (Exodus 1:5a) After 430 years, when the Israelites left Egypt, there were 600,000. The time that the people…
Feast of St. Bonaventure

The Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Bonaventure (1221-1274) today. St. Bonaventure was a contemporary of St. Thomas Aquinas and was honoured a Doctor of the church. For a more detailed biography of his li…
Feast of St. Benedict

I started writing this blog some 550 days ago to put down my reflections on the daily reading of the Bible. Thus far, I have made it no closer to Divina Lectio. I have not followed the Rules of St. Benedict (480-543) and…
Jacob moved to Egypt

The other day when I wrote about the story of Isaac, I came across a curious reading in Genesis about Keturah, the concubine of Abraham. It is a genealogy of the sons and grandchildren born to Abraham through Keturah. Ho…
The story of Joseph

Previously, I made a comment that sibling rivalry is one of the main themes running through Genesis. Case#1: Cain vs. Abel This was the most primitive and brutal case. Out of jealousy, Cain murdered Abel. Nobody interven…
The story of Jacob

In our lack of biblical knowledge, many Old Testament figures tend to be one-dimensional. They were stereotypes of heroes or villains. Like Isaac, many of these prototypes are not fully appreciated. On the contrary, Jaco…