Series – The Southern Cross

Stations of the Cross: A History

Southern Cross — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 05:39:55 +0000

Many Catholics will be attending Stations of the Cross on Good Friday morning. This is a worthy devotion, but it […]

Saint Paul and the Bible

Anthony Egan — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 05:50:08 +0000

When we think of St Paul on his many great journeys fearlessly preaching the gospel, do we imagine a street preacher proclaiming his message aloud, grasping and sometimes waving around a well-thumbed leather-bound copy of the Bible? When we think of Paul writing his letters, do we imagine him writing away surrounded by a stack of bibles, commentaries and works of theology? We would be mistaken.

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Understanding St Paul’s Teachings

Anthony Egan — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 06:00:17 +0000

Pauls moral teaching often causes controversy. Scripture scholar Victor Paul Furnish, who tries to show how a more critical reading of Pauls ethics can retrieve the spirit of what he said, observes that when one treats Pauls teaching as if it were a sacred cow, one runs the risk of turning it into a white elephant.

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St Paul Today

Anthony Egan — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 05:30:15 +0000

As we study St Paul, we are faced with the almost inevitable question: what does a Jewish preacher of the Risen Christ who was executed in Rome in around 61 AD have to say to Christians today? After all, so much has changed since Paul's death.

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Paul and Jesus

Anthony Egan — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 05:04:40 +0000

What did St Paul actually know about Jesus? Before his conversion on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-6) Paul would have known very little about Jesus. Having never met the historical Jesus of Nazareth, he had to rely initially on what was being said about him in Jerusalem by Jesus' disciples and detractors.

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Paul and Salvation

Anthony Egan — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 04:45:54 +0000

It used to be a common joke to say that while Jesus was Catholic, Paul was Protestant. Of course we know that both Jesus and Paul were Torah-observing Jews but as with many jokes it has a core of truth.

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