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Monday: Read Revelation 19:11-21; Psalm 96, 98 Today’s reading begins what I have called the “bridge section.” Rev 19:11-21:8 is a bridge between the Today's reading brings us to the climax of the biblical story. In 21:9-22:9 John details the new creation by describing a garden-like city/temple. For John, this new garden-like, city-temple comprises the entirety of the new creation.It is important to recognize that the New Jerusalem is “the bride, the wife of the Lamb” (9). Of course, the Bride stands in stark contrast to the Great Prostitute (17:1-19:10).John's description ...

Joyce Donahue first became aware of the popularity of the Rapture belief among Catholics a few years ago when a catechist at St. Charles Borromeo Parish

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Americans are fascinated with end-of-the-world scenarios. What are Catholics, who at Mass profess belief in the Second Coming, to make of it?

End on saturday. joining me now, new testament professor at the lutheran school of theology at chicago barbara rossing. thank you for joining me tonight. >> it's great to be with you. thanks for having me. >> this is a recurring phenomenon, the predicting of the end of the world. this is a very specific version of it. where does this sort of thing come from? >> well, i mean, one can say it's based on the bible. jesus does talk about the end of the world. but this whole notion of trying to predict it as if the bible were a script laying out predictions, that's a fairly recent phenomenon, really...