Father Norm's Notebook
Friday, July 29, 2011

Exegesis, Eisegesis, Sensus Plenior

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Scripture scholars make a careful distinction between exegesis and eisegesis. Exegesis is the practice of drawing out the meaning of a Bible...
Thursday, July 21, 2011

Overcoming Self-rejection

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Spiritual writer Henri Nouwen suggested that the biggest obstacle in our spiritual lives was self-rejection. "Success, popularity and p...
Thursday, July 14, 2011

The Church In Stress

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There were several significant meetings in June relating to the mission and ministry of the Catholic Church. In June the United States Catho...
Thursday, July 7, 2011

Poverty - Literal or Literary?

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I still stumble when I come to that passage in the New Testament where Jesus sends the apostles out to proclaim the kingdom and heal the sic...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

Re-gifting

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Re-gifting, that is, giving to someone else a gift one has been given, is considered by many to be "politically incorrect." It is ...
Friday, June 24, 2011

Only The Open Hand

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Christian writers return again and again to Jesus' sermon on the mount to establish a foundation and direction for our spiritual lives. ...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Taking The Gospel Seriously

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What if we took the Gospel seriously? It is the life-long struggle of every Christian to translate Jesus' message from words into action...
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About Father Norm

Fr Norm
Cincinnati, OH, United States
A priest ordained for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in 1970. After ten years of high school teaching, a few years as an associate pastor, and twenty-six years as a pastor, I retired from parish administration to write, preach parish missions across the country, and teach catechetical courses and conferences.
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