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Spiritual Randomness
Fr. Thomas M. Pastorius August 4, 2019 Spiritual Ponderings Spiritual Randomness Someone shared with me the following story called the “Deck of Cards Prayer Book”. Upon finding that the War To End All Wars was actually at an end, a soldier wandered away from his barracks and into town. As he passed a small church, he stopped and looked in and saw that the townsfolk had gathered for worship. The soldier wandered in, down the aisle and slid into a pew. He took his seat next to some worshipers who were at that moment sitting with their heads bowed in prayer. The soldier having no prayer book took out a time-worn deck of playing cards. He fanned the cards before him and started to mumble to himself. His fellow worshipers, amazed at the soldier for displaying a deck of cards, the "Devil's Tickets," in the house of the Lord, nudged him and whispered, "Put those away, you can't do that here!" The soldier paid little attention to them and carried on with his cards and mumblings. Soon the fellow worshipers became alarmed and sent out for the constable and the poor man was arrested. He was placed in the jail for the night and the next morning was brought before the town magistrate, charged with disorderly conduct for displaying a deck of cards in a place of worship. The Magistrate asked what he had to say for himself, "Guilty or not guilty?" The soldier standing before the bar of justice replied, "Not guilty, Your Honor, and with your kind permission, I would like to present this defense for my actions." With that, he took out his old time-worn deck of cards, fanned them out before him, and then he began: • "Your Honor, to me this deck of cards is my prayer book and Bible. -
Jacob Goes to Haran
Jacob Goes to Haran Scripture Reference: Genesis 28:10-33:20 and Genesis 35:1-12. Suggested Emphasis or Theme: Sometimes we learn lessons from bad things that happen to us. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. Story Overview: Having deceived his brother and father Jacob escaped to relatives in Haran. During the journey Jacob dreamed of a stairway between heaven and earth on which angels were ascending and descending to the Lord at the top. God reassured Jacob of his blessing and promise. Undeserving as he was this promise sustained Jacob over the next twenty years as he worked for his uncle Laban and built a family and wealth. Eventually, Jacob returned to his home and was surprised to find that his brother, Esau, welcomed him with open arms. Background Study: This lesson takes up where the story of Jacob, Esau and the Birthright left off. After deceiving his father and brother Jacob left his family home and makes his way North to his mother’s relatives in Haran. The official reason that he is looking for a wife but it is evident that he is fleeing the wrath of his brother. Many important events happen on his trip to Haran, his life there and years later upon his eventual return to face his brother. The following events begin and end in Bethel. Jacob’s Stairway Dream at Bethel (Genesis 28:10-22) Jacob Meets His Relatives in Haran (Genesis 29:1-14) Jacob is Tricked by Laban and Marries both Rachel and Leah (Genesis 29:14-30) Jacob’s Children are Born (Genesis 29:31-30:4) Jacob Schemes and Increases His Flocks (Genesis 30:25-43) Jacob Flees and Laban Pursues (Genesis 31:1-55) Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau Again (Genesis 32:1-21) Jacob Wrestles With God (Genesis 32:22-32) Jacob and Esau Make Peace (Genesis 33:1-20) Eventually, Jacob Becomes “Israel” and Moves to Bethel (Genesis 35:1-12) Although there are many important events that take place in Genesis 28-33 trying to cover all of them in one lesson would be confusing. -
Chayei Sara 5769
A Muse: Chayei Sarah “Then Rebecca arose with her maidens; they rode upon the camels and proceeded after the man; the servant took Rebecca and went. Now Isaac came from having gone to Beer-lahai-roi, for he dwelt in the south of the country. Isaac went out to supplicate in the fields towards evening and he raised his eyes and saw, and behold! Camels were coming. And Rebecca raised her eyes and saw Isaac; she fell while on the camel and she said to the servant who is that man walking in the field toward us? And the servant said ‘he is my master’. She took the veil and covered herself. The servant told Isaac all the things he had done. And Isaac brought her in to the tent of Sarah his mother; he married Rebecca, she became his wife and he loved her…” (Genesis 24:61-67) This narrative while providing some information leaves out a lot of the detail, thus presenting a sketchy picture which begs to be filled in and texturized. The Torah doesn’t elaborate on Rebecca’s journey back to Isaac, or the dynamics between Rebecca and Eliezer, Isaac’s servant during the course of the journey. It appears as though the narrative was holding back some of the details. The text provides some vague information about Isaac going out to the field to “supplicate”, and later the text even relates that Eliezer informs Isaac of everything that happened on the journey. What did happen? This, the text doesn’t reveal. Some of the language employed in the text is problematic as well. -
Heavenly Priesthood in the Apocalypse of Abraham
HEAVENLY PRIESTHOOD IN THE APOCALYPSE OF ABRAHAM The Apocalypse of Abraham is a vital source for understanding both Jewish apocalypticism and mysticism. Written anonymously soon after the destruction of the Second Jerusalem Temple, the text envisions heaven as the true place of worship and depicts Abraham as an initiate of the celestial priesthood. Andrei A. Orlov focuses on the central rite of the Abraham story – the scapegoat ritual that receives a striking eschatological reinterpretation in the text. He demonstrates that the development of the sacerdotal traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham, along with a cluster of Jewish mystical motifs, represents an important transition from Jewish apocalypticism to the symbols of early Jewish mysticism. In this way, Orlov offers unique insight into the complex world of the Jewish sacerdotal debates in the early centuries of the Common Era. The book will be of interest to scholars of early Judaism and Christianity, Old Testament studies, and Jewish mysticism and magic. ANDREI A. ORLOV is Professor of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity at Marquette University. His recent publications include Divine Manifestations in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha (2009), Selected Studies in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha (2009), Concealed Writings: Jewish Mysticism in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha (2011), and Dark Mirrors: Azazel and Satanael in Early Jewish Demonology (2011). Downloaded from Cambridge Books Online by IP 130.209.6.50 on Thu Aug 08 23:36:19 WEST 2013. http://ebooks.cambridge.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9781139856430 Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2013 HEAVENLY PRIESTHOOD IN THE APOCALYPSE OF ABRAHAM ANDREI A. ORLOV Downloaded from Cambridge Books Online by IP 130.209.6.50 on Thu Aug 08 23:36:19 WEST 2013. -
THE Cupolacooperstown, New York Vol
The Bulletin of The Medical Alumni Association of Bassett Medical Center Summer 2020 THE CUPOLACooperstown, New York Vol. XXIV No. 2 A Tribute to Theodore (Ted) Peters, Jr., Ph.D., (1922 – 2020) Bassett’s Selfless Biochemist Extraordinaire Theodore (Ted) Peters, Jr., Ph.D., Soft spoken, cheerful, and always humble, Ted Peters “retired” arrived in Cooperstown with his family in 1988 but did not leave his office as research emeritus until in 1955, recruited to The Mary Imogene about 2010. He was incredibly helpful to thousands of individuals Bassett Hospital from Harvard Medical through his years of research, clinical and administrative roles School by research physician, Joe at Bassett and in the wider Cooperstown community. Ferrebee, M.D., his former Harvard In a recent letter to John Davis, M.D., William (Buck) Greenough, colleague. As Peters recalled in an M.D., research fellow assigned to Bassett by the U.S. Public interview years later, “I wondered Research Service (1959-61) and currently professor of Medicine what kind of a wilderness this is at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, put it this way: “In we’re going to?” July of 1959, I arrived in Cooperstown with my wife, Jane and Hired as research biochemist, three young children. Ted Peters made time and met with me Peters soon teamed up with weekly to teach me the mysteries of protein chemistry… He associate pathologist Charles Ashley, was always available to me and helped enormously as I carried M.D., to use the institution’s new out experiments seeking a protein precursor in hemoglobin electron microscope for enhancing synthesis. -
VAYISHLACH (And He Sent)
VAYISHLACH (And He Sent) GENESIS (B‟RESHIYT 32:3 – 36:43) INTRODUCTION: 1. Jacob‟s flight from Esau now comes full circle. a. He had left to flee Esau‟s anger and vengeful plan to kill him. b. As Jacob approached Canaan, Esau approached him with a 400 man army. c. However, Isaac was still alive at this time. “And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, „The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.” – Genesis 27:41 2. It seems inevitable that Jacob was going to have to confront Esau in order to enter land. a. Prophetically: Israel under Moses/Joshua had to confront Esau as well as giants. b. To possess the Land (fulfill purpose) requires confronting the obstacles. 3. Also see how and when Jacob became Israel. a. From “hand on heel” to “prince of God.” 4. Some rabbinic writers consider this even to have been a prophetic vision. a. Many see it as symbolic – each person has to struggle with God to become whole. b. In face of crisis, Jacob was left alone with God. 5. Yet, in the haftarah it says: “In the womb he took his brother by the heel [literally occurred], and in his manhood he strove with God. He strove with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. He met God at Bethel [literally occurred], and there God spoke with us.” – Hosea 12:3-4 6. Jacob had struggled with men and overcome through persistency, morality and wit. -
Biblical Chronology: Legend Or Science? the Ethel M
James Barr, Biblical Chronology: Legend Or Science? The Ethel M. Wood Lecture 1987. Delivered at the Senate House, University of London on 4 March 1987. London: University of London, 1987. Pbk. ISBN: 7187088644. pp.19. Biblical Chronology: Legend Or Science? James Barr, FBA Regius Professor of Hebrew, University of Oxford The Ethel M. Wood Lecture 1987 Delivered at the Senate House, University of London on 4 March 1987 [p.1] The subject of biblical chronology can be seen in two quite different ways. Firstly, there is scientific or historical chronology, which deals with the real chronology of actual events. This is the way in which the subject is approached in most current books, articles and encyclopaedias.1 You may ask, for instance, in what year Jesus was born, or in what year John the Baptist began his preaching; and the way to approach this is to consider the years in which Augustus or Tiberius was Roman emperor, in which Herod was king of Judaea, in which Quirinius conducted a census in Syria, and to try to set the relevant gospel stories in relation with these. If you were successful, you would end up with a date in years BC or AD, for example 4 BC which was long the traditional date for the birth of Jesus (since it was the year in which Herod the Great died), although most recent estimates end up with a date some years earlier.2 Or you might ask what was the year in which Solomon’s temple was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and you might produce the result of 586 BC, on the basis of historical data which could be mustered and verified historically. -
Determination ONE K–5
WEEK GRADES Determination ONE K–5 MAY 2020 BIBLE STORY Send Me on My Way Dear Elementary Parents, Jesus' Final Orders to His Disciples/Ascension Who would have thought social distancing and extended time Matthew 28:16-20; Luke at home would be realities we face in 2020? I have found 24:50-53; Acts 1:1-11 myself thinking, “I did not see that coming” in a whole new way lately. But God did. He knew that every event that has unfolded would, and He knows every event that will MEMORY VERSE unfold. So, while we could not have anticipated this season, Let us not become tired of doing and we don’t know how long it will last, let’s be intentional good. At the right time we will about this time we have with our kids. Let’s use this time to connect with them and teach them about the God who gather a crop if we don't give up. knows, is with us, and loves us. In this packet you will find Galatians 6:9, NIrV a few resources to help your family to this. Head over to the church website https://bridgechurch.cc/corona to watch the video and then follow the steps below. We would LOVE for you to post on social media your family doing LIFE APP these activities!! Determination-Deciding it's Know your church family loves you and is praying for you! worth it to finish what you started BOTTOM LINE What To Do Keep going even when it seems impossible. -
And This Is the Blessing)
V'Zot HaBerachah (and this is the blessing) Moses views the Promised Land before he dies את־ And this is the blessing, in which blessed Moses, the man of Elohim ְ ו ז ֹאת Deuteronomy 33:1 Children of Israel before his death. C-MATS Question: What were the final words of Moses? These final words of Moses are a combination of blessing and prophecy, in which he blesses each tribe according to its national responsibilities and individual greatness. Moses' blessings were a continuation of Jacob's, as if to say that the tribes were blessed at the beginning of their national existence and again as they were about to begin life in Israel. Moses directed his blessings to each of the tribes individually, since the welfare of each tribe depended upon that of the others, and the collective welfare of the nation depended upon the success of them all (Pesikta). came from Sinai and from Seir He dawned on them; He shined forth from יהוה ,And he (Moses) said 2 Mount Paran and He came with ten thousands of holy ones: from His right hand went a fiery commandment for them. came to Israel from Seir and יהוה ?present the Torah to the Israelites יהוה Question: How did had offered the Torah to the descendants of יהוה Paran, which, as the Midrash records, recalls that Esau, who dwelled in Seir, and to the Ishmaelites, who dwelled in Paran, both of whom refused to accept the Torah because it prohibited their predilections to kill and steal. Then, accompanied by came and offered His fiery Torah to the Israelites, who יהוה ,some of His myriads of holy angels submitted themselves to His sovereignty and accepted His Torah without question or qualification. -
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Vayetze HODF 2/8/17 by Beth Mehaffey Vayetze – and He Went
VaYetze – And He Went Out Genesis 28:10-32:3 (2) This parashah is part of a chiastic structure that runs from Genesis 28:5-37:1; it covers Jacob’s entire exile from the time he leaves his parents in Canaan for Paddan Aram, and returns to the land of Canaan. The central axis is when YHVH enables Jacob to leave Laban and head for Canaan [Genesis 31:1-55 (31:1- 32:1)]. This is approximately the midpoint of our parashah. Instead of comparing and contrasting both halves of this chiasm, we’ll compare with other texts. VaYetze – And He Went Out Jacob Joseph Yeshua Comments Exile, salvation, and marriage Jacob left for Paddan Joseph was sent off by For God did not send Esau’s marriage to Aram; he was sent off his father to check on His Son into the world Mahalath was likely an by his father to find a his brothers. Through a to condemn the world, attempt to appease his wife among his wife’s series of events he but that the world parents for previously people. ended up in Egypt. through Him might be marrying outside the saved (John 3:17). extended family. His mother wanted to Years later, Pharaoh send him away to save gave Joseph Asenath, But He answered and Joseph married outside him from death at the the daughter of Poti- said, "I was not sent the family. At this stage hand of his brother Perah priest of On as a except to the lost in his life, it would not Esau. -
Stories of the Prophets
Stories of the Prophets Written by Al-Imam ibn Kathir Translated by Muhammad Mustapha Geme’ah, Al-Azhar Stories of the Prophets Al-Imam ibn Kathir Contents 1. Prophet Adam 2. Prophet Idris (Enoch) 3. Prophet Nuh (Noah) 4. Prophet Hud 5. Prophet Salih 6. Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) 7. Prophet Isma'il (Ishmael) 8. Prophet Ishaq (Isaac) 9. Prophet Yaqub (Jacob) 10. Prophet Lot (Lot) 11. Prophet Shuaib 12. Prophet Yusuf (Joseph) 13. Prophet Ayoub (Job) 14 . Prophet Dhul-Kifl 15. Prophet Yunus (Jonah) 16. Prophet Musa (Moses) & Harun (Aaron) 17. Prophet Hizqeel (Ezekiel) 18. Prophet Elyas (Elisha) 19. Prophet Shammil (Samuel) 20. Prophet Dawud (David) 21. Prophet Sulaiman (Soloman) 22. Prophet Shia (Isaiah) 23. Prophet Aramaya (Jeremiah) 24. Prophet Daniel 25. Prophet Uzair (Ezra) 26. Prophet Zakariyah (Zechariah) 27. Prophet Yahya (John) 28. Prophet Isa (Jesus) 29. Prophet Muhammad Prophet Adam Informing the Angels About Adam Allah the Almighty revealed: "Remember when your Lord said to the angels: 'Verily, I am going to place mankind generations after generations on earth.' They said: 'Will You place therein those who will make mischief therein and shed blood, while we glorify You with praises and thanks (exalted be You above all that they associate with You as partners) and sanctify You.' Allah said: 'I know that which you do not know.' Allah taught Adam all the names of everything, then He showed them to the angels and said: "Tell Me the names of these if you are truthful." They (angels) said: "Glory be to You, we have no knowledge except what You have taught us.