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There is something deeply human about Thomas the Apostle. He is not content with hearsay, not satisfied with the testimony of others, even those closest to him. “Unless I see… unless I touch… I will not believe.” His words are often remembered as a failure—but they may also be understood as a kind of honesty. Thomas refuses to pretend [ … ]

The Wanderer is preserved in the Exeter Book, a manuscript compiled in the late tenth century. It is an elegy, though this label is a modern critical category. The poem addresses exile, loss, memory, and the search for meaning within a transient world. It presents an individual speaker reflecting on past experience and present condition, and moves toward more general statements about human life. The poem traces a development from the experience of exile to a broader reflection on transience, concluding with a shift toward a religious framework. The poem combines personal expression with more generalised reflection [ … ]

Kingdom of Heaven, City of God is a series of reflections on the life, teaching, death, and resurrection of Jesus, read through the central theme of the Kingdom of God. From the first proclamation of the Kingdom in the Gospels to its fulfilment in Christ’s Passion and Resurrection, this book follows the thread of the Kingdom through the whole of his mission [ … ]

It is a striking moment. Nicodemus, a member of the Sanhedrin of Jerusalem, has come to visit Jesus. He does so secretly, by night, his whole reputation at risk. He must not be seen to be associating with Jesus, and yet he is compelled to seek Jesus and to ask him the questions he has. Nicodemus acknowledges Jesus as a teacher and master: Rabbi. He knows that Jesus’ teaching is truth and needs to speak with him more. Nicodemus would know every word of the teachings of Moses and the Old Testament [ … ]

The three synoptic Gospels tell us of this episode of Jesus’ life, when he returned home to Nazareth and preached in the synagogue there. Luke’s Gospel gives us the text of Isaiah read by Jesus, in which Jesus’ announces his messianic mission – to bring the good news to the poor, to live and to identify with the poor, to heal us and set us at liberty from sin. As Jesus closes the book, he omits the following from Isaiah 61: 2: ‘…and the day of vengeance of our God.’ This is deliberate interruption. Jesus is not come to maintain old enmities. Jesus’ way is peace. It is the people of all the world who are to be blessed in Christ [ … ]

In this reading, Saint Jerome offers a layered interpretation of Ecclesiastes, moving from a literal reading of human labour and enjoyment to a more developed spiritual understanding. The text reflects Jerome’s characteristic method: a progression from the observable realities of life to their theological fulfilment in Christ [ … ]