Bishop Robert Barron

We recall the events just prior to the crucifixion of Jesus and then his resurrection on Sunday.

So beginning really with Holy Thursday, so when Jesus gathers with his disciples for the Last Supper, the Garden of Gethsemane that night, then Friday, the day of the crucifixion, Saturday, we call it Holy Saturday, when Jesus spends the day in the tomb, and then Easter Sunday.

So we call that

And I'd say this too, Ben, in light of Jerusalem and such a focus now on Judaism, it's the fulfillment of Israel.

Christians are those who say that the great story of Israel, including temple and covenant and prophecy and promise, all of it is fulfilled in the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.

That's what St.

And it's also why when Paul went to these towns in the eastern Mediterranean, he first went to synagogues, because the Jews would understand his message, that the story of Israel has come to its fulfillment.

That's why, see, we are tied to Israel.

The recent popes have made that claim.

It's up and down the Christian centuries, despite a terrible history of anti-Semitism.

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But the great Christian truth is we're tied to Israel.

You cannot understand Jesus without reference to Israel because we see him as the fulfillment, as Paul said, yes to all the promises made to Israel.

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So, my ultimate beef with this is that it wraps a woman's worth up in her ovaries in a way that for too long has happened.

The whole women's movement was not about...

bucking the trend of staying at home or loving tradition.