Category: Sacred Roots

The Bathing Beauty: Bathsheba

Behold, you desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. – Psalms 51:6 Among the genealogies of Jesus is a reference to one of five women who had a remarkable impact on the Messiah’s coming. One such woman is never recognized by her own name, referred to always as […]

(Guest Blog) The Man Who Wanted to Be Poor By Sudy Rosengarten

Art by Adele Steinberg   Reb Eliezer Lippe trudged along the familiar path deep in thought. The buckets he carried brushed against the foliage and swung back hard against his sides. AThough people in the synagogue pitied him, he felt no shame bird perched on his shoulder, whistling for the crumbs that it knew would […]

Mary: The Ultimate Wonder Woman

“Do YOU actually believe Mary was born without sin?” My non-catholic friends usually ask me this question at some point during our friendship. They do so with a pained expression or a haughty one. Those who’ve taken the time to know me and have born witness to my devotion to our Lord Jesus, usually express […]

Advent: Pondering the Light of Hope

WISE MEN STILL FIND JESUS NEAR HIS MOTHER She who conceived the Light of the World, received also the HOPE of Salvation. Like Bishop Barron explains of today’s reading, “Advent is the season of waiting. We place ourselves in the position of those who, over the centuries, waited for the coming of the Messiah. With […]