By Joe LaGuardia There is something to be said about the importance of rites of passage in a person’s growth and development. A rite of passage is the act of crossing a threshold–traditionally going from adolescence to adulthood–by way of ritual, self-sacrifice, crisis, or sacrament. As such, most rites of passage require some senseContinue reading “Abstinence as a Rite of Passage”
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Jesus, “Lamb of God”
In the third chapter of John’s gospel, John recognizes Jesus as the Messiah. John, in ecstatic praise, twice announces that Jesus is none other than the “Lamb of God” (John 1:29, 36). The title, “Lamb of God,” was not a familiar, well-worn title back then. It was more the stuff of prophetic poetry than commonContinue reading “Jesus, “Lamb of God””
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