tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post5260068500278093072..comments2023-04-04T11:00:28.668-05:00Comments on Gottesblog: The Sun, the Moon, and the StarsFr BFEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-6038387078212804282008-12-09T18:55:00.000-06:002008-12-09T18:55:00.000-06:00The Alexandrian Fathers were, in the words of my b...The Alexandrian Fathers were, in the words of my boys, ballin' . . .Fr BFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-71095326139929522572008-12-09T16:26:00.000-06:002008-12-09T16:26:00.000-06:00That's how I teach it in Catechism class when we g...That's how I teach it in Catechism class when we get to Mark 13 in Bender's material. It's a great introduction into reading the Bible as it was meant to be read. <BR/><BR/>Jesus didn't preach in a vacuum - he preached in the context of the OT. . . <BR/><BR/>So also: a mountain being drown in the heart of the sea, Sinai drowns in Baptism, etc. etc. Those Alexandrian fathers are not all wet. . . <Pr. H. R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-53227355525012838272008-12-09T08:56:00.000-06:002008-12-09T08:56:00.000-06:00Isn't it both?Isn't it both?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307213773466556564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-60243276779529601622008-12-09T07:01:00.000-06:002008-12-09T07:01:00.000-06:00Brilliant! Thank you.You have changed my preaching...Brilliant! Thank you.<BR/><BR/>You have changed my preaching on this text forevermore.Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12953264105046882429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-17600956234132472232008-12-08T17:44:00.000-06:002008-12-08T17:44:00.000-06:00Lucky me! Everyone agrees today! Woo hoo!Lucky me! Everyone agrees today! Woo hoo!Fr BFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-75253151029797995202008-12-08T17:06:00.000-06:002008-12-08T17:06:00.000-06:00Not that I would know, but it sounds a very reason...Not that I would know, but it sounds a very reasonable, even probable, interpretation to me.Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-80055817516971179162008-12-08T14:37:00.000-06:002008-12-08T14:37:00.000-06:00I have thought similarly, even to the extent of se...I have thought similarly, even to the extent of seeing the Church as the sign. Think about Revelation 12. You have a woman, clothed with the sun, with a crown of twelve stars (obviously portraying Israel), and she is called a "portent," or a "sign." Interesting, eh?Rev. Paul Beiselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04678751687495292703noreply@blogger.com