down her visions and speak in public. [1] Hildegard's mystical visions resemble those of the Old Testament’s prophets: using the cultural and religious expressions of her time, she interpreted the Holy Scriptures
God and neighbor than Mary. No creature practiced that knowledge more than Mary did. In the New Testament, Christ is the head of male virgins, and Mary is the head of female virgins. She is their founder
visits her kinswoman Elizabeth) Saint Luke very strongly suggests that the reader who knows the Old Testament compare Mary to the Ark of the Covenant: both make the same kind of journey, both are a source of
and almost blind, he withdrew to St Damiano, where he composed The Song of Creation and wrote his Testament. He died on October 3, 1226, at the age of 44. He was canonized in 1228, and the Pope ordered that
"Israel" is the name given to the Hebrew people who lived in Palestine at the time of Jesus. The Old Testament tells the story of the beginnings and the long history of the Hebrews, especially after they settled [...] prefaced his name with that of his father. The Procurator Pontius Pilate evoked in Luke The New Testament pays little attention to the procurators of Judea of this period, except Pontius Pilate, but it
what they had felt in their hearts about Jesus' Mother in the past. After the blessings of the New Testament (Lk 1: 28-30; 42-43; 45-48-49; 11: 27), come the liturgical blessings concerning the Blessed Virgin
land of bondage. The Church, therefore, cannot forget that she received the revelation of the Old Testament through the people with whom God in His inexpressible mercy concluded the Ancient Covenant. Nor
The Old Testament does not make mention of the town of Nazareth. Nazareth, a small Galilean town of Palestine, however, is where Jesus spent his childhood with his parents, Mary and Joseph. Nazareth was
and the time after his return to heaven. Firstly, Mary’s existence is the final stage of the Old Testament She is the fruit of Israel’s process of preparation and cultivation. She is the true eschatological
about the angelic hierarchy. I knew that this was not the picture of God that I had from the Old Testament. I prayed to know the name of my Lord and Master, my God. I prayed "Let me know your name. I don't
