One could be “cut off” from the people of God in Ancient Israel, and the Church reserves the strong medicine of excommunication too…but only as a last resort.Read more

Our culture worships beauty, making it an idol. Rightly ordered, though, as a transcendental, beauty should draw us to the one, true, living source of beauty, God.Read more

Why did the Israelites have to pay a “temple tax”? You’ll also see how the occasion of paying it paid dividends in the Gospel for Jesus and Peter.Read more

Cale discusses the ordination of the first three priests of the Old Covenant from Exodus 29 Read more

The Old Covenant High Priest wore a breastplate of gemstones representing the 12 tribes of Israel.  He “carried God’s people into his presence.  Likewise, Jesus carries us and our concerns in his Sacred Heart. Read more

Cale looks at which elements of modern evolutionary theory are compatible with Scripture and Catholic doctrine, and which are not — which is a separate question from whether or not evolution is the best scientific explanation for human origins.Read more

The vestments of the high priest in Israel were like a fireman’s protective gear, keeping them safe from the fire of God’s holiness.Read more

Yes, other religions had features similar to ancient Israel. But that doesn’t mean the biblical authors “made it all up”. God is speaking to his people in a way they can understand. The ultimate example? The Incarnation.Read more

In building the tabernacle, every mundane detail is charged with supernatural meaning. God lives in a human structure…and in this way, it prefigures the Incarnation of Christ.Read more

As we explore the interior of the tabernacle, Cale explains the lampstand, or menorah. Jesus tells us that he is the true light of the world, and heals a man born blind to prove it.Read more

What was the table of “Showbread” in the tabernacle? Why was it called “The Bread of the Face”, and what does it have do do with Jesus and the Eucharist?Read more

As we begin Lent on this Ash Wednesday, Cale looks at how the wicked city of Nineveh repented at the preaching of Jonah, complete with fasting and ashes of their own.Read more