#440 – Who is Melchizedek? What is his significance to the Jewish people?
Melchize-who? Fr. Dave, Barbara and Senior Podcast Intern Sean explain who this biblical figure is to both Catholics and members of the Jewish faith. P.S. You…
old testament
Why is the Jewish God of the Old Testament so judgmental and violent and the Christian God of the New Testament so kind and loving?
Certainly there are Old Testament passages that portray a harsh God that many of us would find difficult to accept. For example, God smites the…
Was Jonah literally swallowed by the Whale?
The story of Jonah is one of those Scripture passages that we as Catholics would say is a TRUE story, but not necessarily FACT. Catholics…
Is the story of the loaves and the fishes really a miracle, as in a supernatural experience where Jesus literally changes a little bit of food into a whole bunch? I heard a priest tell me it was just about “sharing.”
Miracles require faith and faith has no proof. Catholic tradition holds that Jesus’ multiplication of the loaves and fishes (the only miracle told by all…