To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Matthew 5: 13-16 - 'You must shine in the sight of men.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 782 (In 'Characteristics of the people of God') - Its mission is to be salt of the earth and light of the world. This people is “a most sure seed of unity, hope, and salvation for the whole human race" (abbreviated) - 2820-2821 (in 'Thy Kingdom Come') - By a discernment according to the Spi...
Feb 04, 2023•14 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Matthew 5: 1-12 - 'How happy are the poor in spirit.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 1716-1717 ('The Beatitudes') - The Beatitudes are at the heart of Jesus' preaching. They take up the promises made to the chosen people since Abraham. the Beatitudes fulfill the promises by ordering them no longer merely to the possession of a territory, but to the Kingdom of heaven....The Bea...
Jan 28, 2023•35 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Matthew 4: 12-23 - 'He went and settled in Capernaum: in this way the prophecy of Isaiah was fulfilled.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 1720 (in 'Christian Beatitude') - The New Testament uses several expressions to characterize the beatitude to which God calls man: — the coming of the Kingdom of God; — the vision of God: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God”...
Jan 21, 2023•26 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy John 1: 29-34 - 'Look: there is the lamb of God.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 408 (in 'A Hard Battle') - The consequences of original sin and of all men’s personal sins put the world as a whole in the sinful condition aptly described in St. John’s expression, “the sin of the world" (abbreviated) - 438 (in 'Christ') - His eternal messianic consecration was revealed during th...
Jan 14, 2023•21 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Matthew 3: 13-17 - 'This is my Son, the Beloved.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 535-536 (in 'The Baptism of Jesus') - Jesus’ public life begins with his baptism by John in the Jordan. John preaches “a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” A crowd of sinners—tax collectors and soldiers, Pharisees and Sadducees, and prostitutes—come to be baptized by him. “Then Je...
Jan 07, 2023•23 min
In this bonus episode, Charbel Raish (Director of Parousia ministry) speaks about Catholic ministries in Australia, what is happening in the media space, and how we can get involved. 'Parousia Podcast' Episode about Daily Gospel Exegesis : https://parousia.podbean.com/ Parousia: https://www.parousiamedia.com/ POPULAR AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC MINISTRIES Fr. Rob Galea's Ministry: https://frgministry.com/ Real Talk: https://www.realtalkaustralia.com/ Youth Mission Team: https://www.ymt.com.au/ TASMANIA ...
Jan 03, 2023•59 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Matthew 2: 13-15, 19-23 - 'The flight into Egypt and the return to Nazareth.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 530 (in 'The Mysteries of Jesus' Infancy') - The flight into Egypt and the massacre of the innocents make manifest the opposition of darkness to the light: “He came to his own home, and his own people received him not.” Christ’s whole life was lived under the sign of pe...
Dec 29, 2022•22 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Matthew 1: 18-24 - 'How Jesus Christ came to be born.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 497 (in 'Mary's Virginity') - The gospel accounts understand the virginal conception of Jesus as a divine work that surpasses all human understanding and possibility: “That which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit,” said the angel to Joseph about Mary his fiancée. The Church sees here ...
Dec 17, 2022•24 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Matthew 11: 2-11 - 'A greater than John the Baptist has never been seen; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 549 (in 'The Signs of the Kingdom of God') - By freeing some individuals from the earthly evils of hunger, injustice, illness, and death, Jesus performed messianic signs (abbreviated) - 2443 (in 'Love for the Poo...
Dec 10, 2022•22 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Matthew 3: 1-12 - 'The one who follows me will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 523 (in 'The Preparations for Jesus Christ') - St. John the Baptist is the Lord’s immediate precursor or forerunner, sent to prepare his way. “Prophet of the Most High,” John surpasses all the prophets, of whom he is the last. He inaugurates the Gospel, alr...
Dec 03, 2022•35 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Matthew 24: 37-44 - 'The Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 673 (In 'The glorious advent of Christ, the hope of Israel') - Since the Ascension Christ’s coming in glory has been imminent, even though “it is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority.” This eschatological coming could be ac...
Nov 26, 2022•33 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Luke 23: 35-43 - 'Today you will be with me in paradise.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 440 (In 'Christ') - Jesus accepted Peter’s profession of faith, which acknowledged him to be the Messiah, by announcing the imminent Passion of the Son of Man. He unveiled the authentic content of his messianic kingship both in the transcendent identity of the Son of Man “who came down fro...
Nov 19, 2022•29 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Luke 21: 5-19 - 'The destruction of the temple foretold.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 675 (in 'the Church's ultimate trial') - Before Christ's second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers. The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth will unveil the "mystery of iniquity" in the form of a religious deception...
Nov 12, 2022•29 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Luke 20: 27-38 - 'He is God, not of the dead, but of the living.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 330 (In 'Who are Angels'?) - As purely spiritual creatures angels have intelligence and will: they are personal and immortal creatures, surpassing in perfection all visible creatures, as the splendor of their glory bears witness. Got a Bible question? Send an email to logicalbibles...
Nov 05, 2022•20 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Luke 7: 11-17 - 'The only son of his mother, and she a widow.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 994 (in 'The Progressive revelation of the Resurrection') - Already now in this present life he gives a sign and pledge of this by restoring some of the dead to life, announcing thereby his own Resurrection, though it was to be of another order (abbreviated). - 1503 (in 'Christ the Ph...
Nov 01, 2022•15 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Luke 19: 1-10 - 'Salvation comes to the house of Zaccheus.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 2412 (In 'Respect for the Goods of Others') - In virtue of commutative justice, reparation for injustice committed requires the restitution of stolen goods to their owner: Jesus blesses Zacchaeus for his pledge: “If I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” Those who, ...
Oct 29, 2022•17 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Luke 18: 9-14 - 'The tax collector, not the Pharisee, went home justified.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 2559 (in 'Prayer as God's gift') - "Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God." But when we pray, do we speak from the height of our pride and will, or "out of the depths" of a humble and contrite heart? He who humbles ...
Oct 22, 2022•15 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Luke 18: 1-18 - 'The parable of the unjust judge.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 2098 (In 'Adoration of God') - The acts of faith, hope, and charity enjoined by the first commandment are accomplished in prayer. Lifting up the mind toward God is an expression of our adoration of God: prayer of praise and thanksgiving, intercession and petition. Prayer is an indispensable condi...
Oct 15, 2022•19 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Luke 17: 11-19 - 'No one has come back to praise God, only this foreigner.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 586 (In 'Jesus & The Temple') - Far from having been hostile to the Temple, where he gave the essential part of his teaching, Jesus was willing to pay the Temple-tax, associating with him Peter, whom he had just made the foundation of his future Church (abbreviated). ...
Oct 08, 2022•16 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Luke 17: 5-10 - 'Say, 'We are merely servants.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 162 (In 'Perseverance in Faith) - Faith is an entirely free gift that God makes to man. We can lose this priceless gift, as St. Paul indicated to St. Timothy: “Wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience, certain persons have made shipwreck of their faith.” To...
Oct 01, 2022•14 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Luke 16: 19-31 - 'Dives and Lazarus.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 336 (in 'Angels in the Life of the Church') - From the beginning until death, human life is surrounded by their watchful care and intercession. "Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life." Already here on earth the Christian life shares by faith in the blessed company ...
Sep 24, 2022•36 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Luke 16: 1-13 - 'You cannot be the slave of both God and money.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 952 (In 'Communion in Spiritual Goods') - “They had everything in common.” “Everything the true Christian has is to be regarded as a good possessed in common with everyone else. All Christians should be ready and eager to come to the help of the needy . . . and of their neighbors in...
Sep 17, 2022•28 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Luke 15: 1-32 - 'There will be rejoicing in Heaven over one repentant sinner.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 545 (In 'The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God') - Jesus invites sinners to the table of the kingdom: “I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.” He invites them to that conversion without which one cannot enter the kingdom, but shows them in word and deed his Fa...
Sep 10, 2022•36 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Luke 9: 51-62 - 'Jesus sets out for Jerusalem.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 557 (in 'Jesus' ascent to Jerusalem ') - "When the days drew near for him to be taken up [Jesus] set his face to go to Jerusalem." By this decision he indicated that he was going up to Jerusalem prepared to die there. Three times he had announced his Passion and Resurrection; now, heading toward Jer...
Jun 25, 2022•32 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Luke 4: 21-30 - 'No prophet is ever accepted in his own country.' Got a Bible question? Send an email to logicalbiblestudy@gmail.com, and it will be answered in an upcoming episode!
Jan 29, 2022•18 min
To support the ministry and access exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy For complete verse-by-verse audio commentaries from Logical Bible Study, go to: https://mysoundwise.com/publishers/1677296682850p
Oct 05, 2021•13 min
