The Thoughtful Catholic

In this episode we will take a look at the story of Miriam the Prophetess, the sister of Moses, and discover who she might prefigure.

In this episode we’ll talk about the Song of the Ark, the song sung by Moses and the Israelites when they broke or pitched camp in the wilderness.  The Church Fathers had a startling insight into it, an insight that has everything to do with the Blessed Virgin Mary and to the Advent season we are just beginning.

In this episode we’ll continue to linger in the Sinai desert, just as the Israelites did, and consider one of the oldest blessings in the Bible, one which we still use today.

In this episode we’ll return to the scene of the last episode, at the base of Mt. Sinai with Israelites during their journey in the desert, and hear God say something even more startling than last time.

As God was leading the Israelites through the desert, He stopped them at the base of Mount Sinai and made a few startling promises.  What might these promises mean for us?

In this episode we’ll unpack that long list of biblical names found in the first chapter of the Gospel of Matthew.  They seem so boring, but are they? And what could those boring names possibly mean for us?

In the last episode, I briefly  broached the problem of suffering.  In this episode we’ll dig a bit into the biblical Book of Job and look at some of its insights into this topic.