1. We are male by birth; men by choice 2. We are made in the Image of God– Imago Dei. 3. This is a down to earth class about living the

Christian Life 4. We celebrate our Roman Catholic tradition 5. We are exegetes who “Chew the Scripture

with the teeth of our mind.” ( Saint Jerome 6. As Sophomores we explore our Jewish Roots

and try to understand the Paschal Mystery at a deeper level

7. Live Jesus hearts, forever

1. yetzer ha’ tov 2. yetzer ha’ra 3. Yom Kippur 4. Kushiyah 5. Torah

1. Genesis Fence Deuteronomy Fence Holocaust Fence 4. Hayes Fence Jesus Fence

Theological Virtues

Cardinal Virtues

Seven Capital Sins

1.HATCH v. HITCH 2. RTA and the Kushiyah 3. Creed and Deed 4. Academic Side and Spiritual Side 5. Psalm 3: 7 is about enemies 6. Genesis 1: 27 We have potential! 7. Matthew 13:1-9 We can achieve

spectacular results

1. Psalms 2. Proverbs 3. Ecclesiastes 4. Wisdom 5. Job

Job 42: 5 talks about a personal relationship with God

Feelings Wisdom Suffering

3.5 1.21 15.17

1.41 2.5 15.24

14.27 15.34

1. Annunciation 2. Visitation 3. Incarnation 4. Presentation 5. Finding Jesus in the Temple

Sorrowful Mysteries 1. Agony in the Garden 2.. Scourging at the Pillar 3. Crowning with Thorns 4. Carrying the Cross 5. Crucifixion

1 Resurrection2 Ascension3 Descent of the Holy Spirit4 Assumption5 CoronationLuminous Mysteries• 1. Baptism • 2 Wedding Feast of Cana• 3 Proclamation of the Kingdom• 4 Transfiguration• 5 Institution of the Eucharist

• Christological Controversy: in the early Church Christians are trying to find out the true meaning of Matthew 16: 15 ( who Jesus really is)

• Arius: starts a false teaching( heresy) that says Jesus is not God

• St. Athanasius and St. Antony of Egypt say Jesus is homo –ousius (same substance ) as the Father. This is basis of Nicene Creed, that come from Council of Nicaea

• Jesus : One Person with 2 natures. He is fully human and fully divine.

• Isaiah 6: 1-8– the call of Isaiah• Isaiah 7: 14- Birth of Immanuel• Isaiah 11:1-9The Rule of Isaiah ( the Kingdom of God)• The Suffering Servant- A servant described in the

Book of Isaiah who encounters great suffering that ends in glorification

• Servant leadership- leadership based on humble service

• Messianic hope– Jewish belief and expectation that A Messiah would come to protect, , unite and lead Israel to freedom

• Messianic Secret – a theme in Gospel of Mark . It portrays the disciples as recognizing Jesus’ identity as Messiah. However, Jesus directs them not to tell anyone else!

Isaiah 6:5– I am doomed! Jeremiah1 .5-9-- I am too young! Ezekiel 2:1 --- Son of Man, stand up! Daniel 6:23- My God has sent his angel to

close the lion’s mouth!

God does not choose the qualified, he qualifies the chosen!

Sitz-im-leben- German phrase– the setting of the story--- “sit in the heart of the writer.”

Many- OT books were written in the Babylonian Exile

See Psalm 137 The challenge is to preserve your identity

and not get ‘Spiritual amnesia” Key Parts to Jewish Identity :The Temple, The land, The Torah. Kosher food

Key parts to Christian Identity: The Scriptures and the Sacraments

Wisdom Books New Testament Prophets Torah

Heart of Torah; Leviticus 19:18 Love your neighbor as yourself

The THREE Parts of the Prophetic Message: 1. act justly 2. return t God with faithful hearts 3. hope in God’s deliverance

1. Genesis 1—11– Primeval History – symbolic accounts about things that happened before historical records

2. figurative language 3, angels 4. Human beings 5. soul 6. First Creation Account 7.Second Creation Account

1. original holiness 2. anthropomorphic 3. original justice 4. The Fall 5. original sin 6.concupiscence 7. Satan 8. Parousia

1; literal sense 2. spiritual sense – interpretive sense 3. God’s promise to Adam and Eve 4. God’s promise to Noah 5. God’s promise to Abraham 6. Tower of Babel 7. polytheism 8. circumcision 9. Patriarchs 10. Theophany

All Saints

All Souls Heaven Hell Purgatory Holiness Saints

Mary, Mother of God,Matthew, Mark, Luke

and John,Mary Magdalene,Peter and Paul,Athanasius and Jerome,Leo the Great and

Benedict ,Francis and Thomas

Aquinas,

PRAY FOR US

Damien and Kizito, Kateri and

Katherine Drexel, Maximillian and

Oscar,

John XXIII and John Paul II

Pray for us

Psalm 64: 2 How did Jewish People “build a fence

around themselves” during the Holocaust?

The Story of Maximillian Kolbe

THREE OTHER FENCES The Exodus(1200 bc), The Babylonian

Exile(600bc), and Maccabees (100 BC)

1. Teacher of Thomas Aquinas2. He was a Theologian and a Scientist3. Wisdom 13:1-9

1. Original holiness 2. anthropomorphic 3.original justice 4. The Fall 5. original sin 6. concupiscence 7.Satan 8. Parousia

1. literal sense 2. spiritual sense 3. Covenant 4. God’s promise to Adam and Eve 5. God’s promise to Noah 6. God's promise to Abraham 7. Tower of Babel 8. polytheism 9. circumcision 10. Patriarchs 11. theophany