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Who Informed the Biblical Writers?

Pat McCloskey, OFM February 4, 2026

How did the gentlemen who gathered together to write the Bible do so? Where did their information come from? The holy Bible is beautifully written. When was it written? How did they know all the details?

Ultimately, God inspired them to convey the unique divine self-revelation that we find in the Bible. We need to accept the Bible on its own terms. We may mistakenly think of it as entirely eyewitness accounts in which the biblical writers act like court reporters, giving us a verbatim account.

Lessons from the Loons

Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, PhD February 3, 2026

Reflect Early morning in Michigan, I am with a friend listening to bird songs, including a persistent loon. “I love watching loons on the lake,”

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Prayer Is Relationship

Linda McCullough Moore February 3, 2026

Prayer is being consciously in God’s presence, focusing our eyes on God, on who God is.

The Weight of Sin

Christopher Heffron February 2, 2026

God knows our flaws and loves us in spite of them. We are not irredeemable.

Healing Ourselves of False Conceptions of God

Martin J.P. Gianotti February 2, 2026

Reflect When confronted by your own sins, how often do you imagine God as looking upon you with wrath, ready to strike a blow that

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Forgive an Adulterous Husband?

Pat McCloskey, OFM February 2, 2026

Is it wrong to divorce a husband who commits adultery? My husband and I were married in the Catholic Church almost 30 years ago. Several years ago he committed adultery, and the pain still remains with me. I have tried to forgive him but long for something much more important: healing.

No, a civil divorce is an option. Depending on evidence provided, a canonical “declaration of nullity ” may also be possible.