Browsing the January 2025 archive of Father Stephen's Columns
The Messiah of the Jubilee (2/2/25)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 1/29/25
The Messiah of the Jubilee This is the sixth in a series on the Jubilee Year of 2025. As mentioned last week, the people of Israel were expecting the Jewish Messiah to come during their lifetime. Out in the desert of Judea, celibate Jewish monks called the Essenes ... Read More »
The Jubilee in History (1/26/25)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 1/21/25
The Jubilee in History This is the fifth in a series on the Jubilee Year of 2025. If implemented, the jubilee described last week would have been revolutionary in the best way. Every fifty years, the trumpet would sound and all would receive God’s justice and mercy. If ... Read More »
The Jubilee Year (1/19/25)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 1/15/25
The Jubilee Year This is the fourth in a series on the Jubilee Year of 2025. The Jubilee was the single most radical societal command God ever gave the people of Israel, an intensification of the Sabbath Year. If carried out properly, it was meant to most perfectly ... Read More »
The Sabbath Year (1/12/25)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 1/15/25
The Sabbath Year This is the third in a series on the Jubilee Year of 2025. We learned last week about the importance of the Jewish Sabbath, a day of rest from work in honor of God’s liberation of Israel from slavery in order to regain the gifts ... Read More »