Do I get points for silliness? E.g. when one is faced with a Bible which is separating at the edges of the cover and sits and ponders for a moment before deciding that it is more appropriate to fix it with “Gift” tape versus “Magic” tape??
Category Archives: Question of the Day
24 Hours
If you had 24 hours to take Jesus anywhere, where would you go and what would you do?
Translation, please!
Okay, I had to go to the store before going home today. Since the grocery store which I have been shopping at lately is right by my church, I thought it would be a great idea to stop by the chapel for a little while and “waste some time with the Lord.”
After praying for a bit, I decided to grab a Bible sitting in the pew. One of the ways He speaks to us is through scripture, right? So, I pick it up and open it, not knowing really what I expect to read, and then the thought comes into my head, “Hey, why not something from Sirach today?” I agree with that, and flip to Sirach. Then, this leaps off the page at me:
Sirach 30:14-17
[14] Better off is a poor man who is well and strong in constitution
than a rich man who is severely afflicted in body.
[15] Health and soundness are better than all gold,
and a robust body than countless riches.
[16] There is no wealth better than health of body,
and there is no gladness above joy of heart.
[17] Death is better than a miserable life,
and eternal rest than chronic sickness.
Now, just what is He trying to tell me?!?!?!?!
And that’s not all! After this, I head for the grocery store, still internally squawking, and start my browsing for dinner-type items. Then, I notice what’s playing on the radio/grocery sound system….
A song I’ve never heard before, which is mostly repeating the same line over and over….
“Baby, just let yourself go.”
And every once in a while, to mix it up is a, “I’ll be coming for you.”
Perhaps I’m just a little paranoid over my medical tests…. 🙂 But seriously, He couldn’t have given me a “Do not be afraid for I am with you” or even “It’s a beautiful day” ??
Questions of the Day
1. Since it took me 4 hours to get home from work yesterday due to the weather, I completely missed the Parish Mission. There was to be a soup dinner (outside of my penance anyway, that I was not planning on going to) and distribution of the ashes prior to the mission. My friend and I texted about the whole late/traffic situation, and she was worried that I was missing getting ashes (she didn’t know that I had gotten them at morning Mass at OLGC). So, she offered, “I’ll share my ashes with you!”
a. How would that be logistically possible?
b. Is that legit?
2. Raging neophyte debate here: when you are fasting, instructions from the Archdiocese’s website say, “The law of fasting allows one full meal per day, with two lighter meals. The quantity of food taken at the two lighter meals should not exceed the quantity taken at the full meal. The drinking of ordinary liquids does not break the fast.” The question is, I was under the impression that you were only supposed to have the one meal, and that the two smaller meals (collations) were only to be consumed if [medically] necessary — for example if you were ill, elderly or diabetic. So, which interpretation is correct?
There Is Only One Answer…
For some questions, there is only one answer….
1. What size coffee would you like?
Huge/large/do you have a vat?/does it come in IV form?
2. Do you want me to give you a newer, bigger monitor for your computer?
Yes, please!
3. Would you like surgery?
NO!! I’m currently trying to avoid surgery, thank you. I hope the pain does not get worse.
Questions – Maccabean Revolt
A couple of questions arose in Bible study which were unable to be adequately answered in discussion:
1. Regarding 2 Mc 7, the 7 brothers and their mom had unwavering faith in God and were able to withstand their tormentors due to their hope (as in certainty in the goodness and fidelity of God, as opposed to wishful thinking) in the Lord. They knew that God would raise them, and had complete faith in this, and were so able to look beyond the horrible things which were done to them. Where did they get this faith in the resurrection? Paragraph 992 of the Catechism states that, “God revealed the resurrection of the dead to his people progressively.” Okay, how was this progressively revealed to the people such that by the time of this event, the woman and her sons would have such great faith? The reference in the Catechism begins with this text in Maccabees, and continues to talk of Jesus’s ministry. So, how was this shown prior to Maccabees? The only thing that I could think of, and I admit that it’s not a stunning argument, is when Elijah was taken up in the fiery chariot. But this would only seem to point to a reality outside of that which we concretely know now here on Earth, not necessarily on the resurrection of the dead (since he didn’t “die”). And, we haven’t gotten to the New Testament quite yet, but isn’t there a part where Jesus goes up to the mountain and sees Elijah and Moses? *That* would point to a resurrection of the dead, since, I believe, Moses died. However, if I’m remembering correctly about that story (and it is in the NT and not the OT), it still doesn’t explain the faith of this family during the time of the Maccabean Revolt. Any ideas?
2. On a tangent to our discussion (since we were reading one of the deuterocanon books, the conversation drifted to the canon of Scripture), we were noting that the Protestants and the Hebrews use a shorter canon that does not include 7 books of the Old Testament which were in the Greek Septuagint that the Catholic Church has used to define their canon. Alright, I don’t (at the moment) have a question about the canon; however, if the Hebrew canon doesn’t have Maccabees, how do they preserve the tradition of Hanukkah, seeing as that story is told in Maccabees? Or is it found elsewhere in Hebrew-accepted Scripture?
Question(s) of the Day
Sometimes a girl just needs Catholic Answers, you know?
1. Why would someone exclaim, “Jehoshaphat”? I know he was one of the “good” kings of Judah during the Divided Kingdom, but how does that relate?
2. When and why did the Israelites start self-identifying as Jews and Hebrews? What is the etymology of those designations?
Paroxysm of Giggles / Critical Mass 