09 July 2019

Fr. Longenecker on Meeting the Real Jesus in the Gospels

"One of the advantages of being a Catholic is that, if you go to Mass regularly, you will hear so much of Sacred Scripture being read.

"This is also one of the disadvantages.

"It is not a disadvantage because you hear Sacred Scripture, but because you hear it in small chunks. What is lacking in the experience of most Catholics is an overall view of the whole of Sacred Scripture from Genesis to Revelation.

"Compared to Bible Christians, most Catholics are woefully inadequate in their understanding. They don't know how the whole sacred story fits together. They can't tell the difference between Galatians or Genesis, Numbers or Nehemiah and they probably think Philippians was written to Catholics in the Philippines.

"Most of all, there seems to be a terrible lack of understanding of the gospel itself. . . ."

In a recent commentary, Father Dwight Longenecker (parish priest at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, Greenville, SC) reflected on how Jesus defies various categories in which people place Him and on how it is "incumbent among all of us who say we follow him to get out our Bibles from time to time and read one of the gospels through from beginning to end."

To access Fr. Longenecker’s complete post, please visit:

Fr. Dwight Longenecker: Countering Cotton Candy Catholicism

Background information:

Dwight Longenecker - Catholic priest and author

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