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 Matthew 23: 1-12 - 'They do not practice what they preach.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 2367 (in 'The Fecundity of Marriage') - Called to give life, spouses share in the creative power and fatherhood of God (abbreviated). - 526 (in 'Little C...
Mar 17, 2025•33 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 Luke 6: 36-38 - 'Grant pardon, and you will be pardoned.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 1458 (in 'The Confession of Sins') - Without being strictly necessary, confession of everyday faults (venial sins) is nevertheless strongly recommended by ...
Mar 16, 2025•12 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Luke 9: 28-36 - 'Jesus was transfigured before them.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 2600 (in 'Jesus Prays') - The Gospel according to St. Luke emphasizes the action of the Holy Spirit and the meaning of prayer in Christ's ministry. Jesus prays before the decisive moments of his mission: before his Father's witness to him during his baptism and Transfiguration, and before his ...
Mar 15, 2025•31 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 Matthew 5: 43-48 - 'Pray for those who persecute you.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 1933 (in 'Social Justice') - This same duty extends to those who think or act differently from us. the teaching of Christ goes so far as to require the forgiv...
Mar 14, 2025•22 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 Matthew 5: 20-26 - 'Anyone who is angry with his brother will answer for it.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 2054 (in 'The Ten Commandments') - Jesus acknowledged the Ten Commandments, but he also showed the power of the Spirit at work in their...
Mar 13, 2025•29 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Matthew 7: 7-12- 'Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 2609 (in Jesus teaches us how to pray) - Once committed to conversion, the heart learns to pray in faith. Faith is a filial adherence to God beyond what we feel and understand. It is possible because the beloved Son gives us access to the Father. He can ask us to "see...
Mar 12, 2025•14 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 Luke 11: 29-32 - 'As Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be a sign.' Got a Bible question? Send an email to logicalbiblestudy@gmail.com, and it will be answered in an upcoming episode!...
Mar 11, 2025•12 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 Matthew 6: 7-15 - 'How to pray.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 2759-2856 - Entire section of the Catechism which covers the Our Father. - 2608 (in 'Jesus teaches us how to pray') - From the Sermon on the Mount onwards, Jesus insists on convers...
Mar 10, 2025•24 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 Matthew 25: 31-46 - 'I was naked and you clothed me; sick, and you visited me.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 544 (In 'The Kingdom of God is at hand') - Jesus identifies himself with the poor of every kind and makes active love toward them the...
Mar 09, 2025•34 min
To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy Luke 4: 1-13 - 'The temptation in the wilderness.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 695 (in 'Symbols of the Holy Spirit') - Anointing. the symbolism of anointing with oil also signifies the Holy Spirit, to the point of becoming a synonym for the Holy Spirit. In Christian initiation, anointing is the sacramental sign of Confirmation, called "chrismation" in the Churches of the Ea...
Mar 08, 2025•28 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 Luke 5: 27-32 - 'Jesus comes not to call the virtuous, but sinners to repentance.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 588 (in 'Jesus and Israel's faith') - Jesus scandalized the Pharisees by eating with tax collectors and sinners as familiarly as w...
Mar 07, 2025•12 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 Matthew 9: 14-15 - 'When the bridegroom is taken from them, then they will fast.' Got a Bible question? Send an email to logicalbiblestudy@gmail.com, and it will be answered in an upcoming episode!...
Mar 06, 2025•9 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 Luke 9: 22-25 - 'Whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 1435 (in 'The Many Forms of Penance in the Christian Life') - Conversion is accomplished in daily life by gestures of reconciliation, concern for ...
Mar 05, 2025•13 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 Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-18 - 'Your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 1430 (in 'Interior Penance') - Jesus' call to conversion and penance, like that of the prophets before him, does not aim f...
Mar 04, 2025•24 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 Mark 12: 38-44 - 'The poor widow has put in more than all.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 678 (in 'To Judge the Living and the Dead') - Following in the steps of the prophets and John the Baptist, Jesus announced the judgement of the Last Day in ...
Mar 03, 2025•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 Mark 12: 35-37 - 'David himself calls him Lord.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 202 (in 'I Believe in One God') - Jesus himself affirms that God is "the one Lord" whom you must love "with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your m...
Mar 03, 2025•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 Mark 12: 28-34 - 'You are not far from the kingdom of God.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 575 (in 'Jesus and Israel') - To be sure, Christ's relations with the Pharisees were not exclusively polemical. Some Pharisees warn him of the danger he was...
Mar 03, 2025•16 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 Mark 12: 18-27 - 'The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob is the God of the living.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 993 (in 'The Progressive Nature of the Resurrection') - The Pharisees and many of the Lord's contemporaries hoped for the resurrecti...
Mar 03, 2025•20 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 Mark 12: 13-17 - 'Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 450 (in 'Lord') - From the beginning of Christian history, the assertion of Christ's lordship over the world and over hist...
Mar 03, 2025•26 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 Mark 12: 1-12 - 'They seized the beloved son, killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.' Got a Bible question? Send an email to logicalbiblestudy@gmail.com, and it will be answered in an upcoming episode!...
Mar 03, 2025•26 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 Mark 11: 27-33 - 'I will not tell you my authority for acting like this.' Got a Bible question? Send an email to logicalbiblestudy@gmail.com, and it will be answered in an upcoming episode!...
Mar 03, 2025•12 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 Mark 11: 11-26 - 'The fig tree; the cleansing of the Temple.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 2610 (in 'Jesus teaches us how to pray') - Just as Jesus prays to the Father and gives thanks before receiving his gifts, so he teaches us filial boldness...
Mar 03, 2025•41 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 Mark 10: 46-52 - 'Go; your faith has saved you.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 2616 (in 'Jesus Hears our Prayer') - Prayer to Jesus is answered by him already during his ministry, through signs that anticipate the power of his death and Resurrect...
Mar 03, 2025•15 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 Mark 10: 32-45 - 'The Son of Man came to give his life as a ransom for many.' 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 ...
Mar 03, 2025•28 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 Mark 10: 28-31 - 'Whoever has left everything for the sake of the gospel will be repaid.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 1618 (in 'Virginity for the Sake of the Kingdom') - Christ is the center of all Christian life. The bond with him takes preced...
Mar 03, 2025•13 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 Mark 10: 17-27 - 'Give everything you own to the poor, and follow me.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 1858 (in 'The Gravity of Sin: Mortal and Venial Sin') - Grave matter is specified by the Ten Commandments, corresponding to the answer of Jesus t...
Mar 02, 2025•34 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 Luke 6: 39-45 - 'Can the blind lead the blind?' Got a Bible question? Send an email to logicalbiblestudy@gmail.com, and it will be answered in an upcoming episode!...
Mar 01, 2025•17 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 Mark 10: 13-16 - 'It is to such as these little children that the kingdom of God belongs.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 1244 (in 'Christian Initiation') - First Holy Communion. Having become a child of God clothed with the wedding garment, th...
Feb 28, 2025•15 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 Mark 10: 1-12 - 'What God has united, man must not divide.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 1627 (in 'Matrimonial Consent') - The consent consists in a "human act by which the partners mutually give themselves to each other": "I take you to be m...
Feb 27, 2025•38 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 Mark 9: 41-50 - 'If your hand should cause you to sin, cut it off.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 1034 (in 'Hell') - Jesus often speaks of "Gehenna" of "the unquenchable fire" reserved for those who to the end of their lives refuse to believe ...
Feb 26, 2025•32 min
