Ferdinand Okorie

1 month ago | uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter |Ferdinand Okorie

On Ash Wednesday, we read St. Paul’s words to the Christians in Corinth: “We are ambassadors of Christ.” This exhortation reminds us that St. Paul lived a life of profound service and was committed to his religious values and beliefs and summons us, alongside the Corinthian Christians, to the same commitment. The apostle Paul describes himself as a man of deep faith and loyal to the traditions that formed him.

1 month ago | uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter |Ferdinand Okorie

Deuteronomy 26:4 – 10Psalm 91:1 – 2, 10 – 11, 12 – 13, 14 – 15Romans 10:8 – 13Luke 4:1 – 13The statement: “my father was a wandering Aramean who went down to Egypt with a small household and lived there as an alien” reminds me of the millions of people today who are on the move from one place to another in search of a better life—just as the forebears of the children of Israel were, in biblical times.

2 months ago | uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter |Ferdinand Okorie

Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-81 Corinthians 15:1-11Luke 5:1-11When Jason took over the pastoral leadership of St. Peter’s parish, the liturgy for his installation as the pastor at a well-attended celebration filled him with a sense of duty. Speaking at the reception, he recounted his journey to the priesthood and his overwhelming conviction of the grace of God in his priestly ministry to proclaim the gospel of peace, hope and love.

Jan 24, 2025 | uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter |Ferdinand Okorie

While scholars continue to do extensive research and reflection on the Book of Revelation, there are some who approach it with a different intent: to try to validate sociopolitical and economic ideologies. This is the topic of Stephen D. Moore’s Revelation: Book of Torment, Book of Bliss. An Introduction and Study Guide (T&T Clark). Moore provides a succinct, dense, and comprehensive study of how scholars engage with Revelation, as well as how it’s become the subject of ideological proof-texting.

Dec 4, 2024 | uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter |Ferdinand Okorie

In Liturgical Hermeneutics of Sacred Scripture (Catholic University of America Press, 2023), Marco Benini discusses how liturgy allows the community to celebrate the stories told in scripture. This landmark volume, originally published in German in 2020 and translated by Brian McNeil, has three main sections. The first examines scripture’s role in liturgy, the second explores how liturgy gives meaning to biblical texts, and the third offers important insights on liturgical approaches to the Bible.