Catholic Devotionals

✝️ Standing Firm in the Word 📖 Lent is always a time where the Church lets us reflect on the Temptation of Jesus. We are called to remember the simplicity of his responses: He answers every temptation with Scripture. He doesn’t argue emotionally or rely on personal opinion. Even Jesus, the Son of God, stands firmly on God’s revealed Word. Scripture is a powerful defense against temptation when it is truly received and lived. But the Gospel also shows something sobering: the tempter himself quotes Scripture. Satan twists a psalm to urge Jesus to test God. Simply knowing verses isn’t the same as understanding. Misused truth can become a devastating path away from God. That’s why relying on Scripture alone, without careful discernment, can still leave us vulnerable. Sometimes we hear the logic, “How could this be wrong? It’s based on the Bible.” Yet even in the desert, Scripture was used in a distorted way to tempt the Son of God. The story of Jesus’s temptation is therefore foundational to our faith as it shows that biblical language does not automatically guarantee correct interpretation. So when we open Scripture, an important question follows: under whose authority are we reading it? Our own? A teacher separated from the historic faith? Or the living authority Christ established with the same guidance through which His teaching has been faithfully preserved and handed on since the beginning? Jesus resisted temptation not just with isolated verses, but with perfect fidelity to the Father’s truth. We should follow His perfect example and strive to do the same.

Scrolls are just a physical format. That’s how texts were stored. The Septuagint was the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures. Someone who was reading the Septuagint would have been reading a scroll. That’s why I’ve been asking: Do you see quoting a text as a form of referencing it, even if it isn’t directly named?

@DailyCatholicX Like I said .. perhaps the Catholic Jesus who was born in Italy and lived in Rome used the Septuigent. The one who died only for the Catholic church . But the Jesus who came from King David and Israel never used any Septuigent. His Scripture claims He used Scrolls.

The majority of NT references to scripture come from the Septuagint. We can say with absolute certainty that the apostles used it and by extension can assume that Jesus probably used it.

Of course they used scrolls. That’s how texts were physically stored at the time. The question isn’t the format, but the language and wording of the Scriptures being used. That’s why I was asking: Do you consider quoting a text to be a form of referencing it, even if it isn’t named directly?

@DailyCatholicX You make bogus claims. Maybe the Jesus that lived in Italy did use a Septuigent. But not the Jesus who died on the Cross for our sins in Israel died. The one who was without sin and lives in Heaven with His Father right now. He used Scrolls, so did His Apostles, and Church.

@LizzieMarbach She would have been more accurate describing it as the “temporal effects” of sin. Christs forgiveness does not eliminate the worldly consequences of our sins, especially the internal damage to our willpower and desires.

It isn’t possible to “work off” any punishment of our sins. That’s why Jesus had to come. And He paid it all! Believe in Him and be free from the bondage of sin.

@lyndarenner25 It feels like we’re going in circles. Do you consider quoting something to be the same as mentioning it?

@DailyCatholicX If it is, then where is this mentioned in Scripture?

@lyndarenner25 I guess we’re talking past each other. The Septuagint is the translation of Scripture that is frequently quoted in the NT. What criteria are you looking for?

@DailyCatholicX The Greek Septuigent mentioned?

@lyndarenner25 I’m still not following. Which of the two questions are you asking?

@DailyCatholicX Yes... Where is it?

@lyndarenner25 I’m not following you. Are you asking where the history of the Septuagint is mentioned in scripture, or are you asking where the Septuagint is quoted in the NT?

@DailyCatholicX Where is this mentioned in Scripture?

@lyndarenner25 The Septuagint is just a Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures used by Jewish communities before and during the time of Christ.

@DailyCatholicX Jesus and the Apostles used a book that came from Africa that was written about their own Fathers, their family history, their land, and their own Religion?

Beauty is obvious, ugliness comes with a lecture. There will be no lectures today.

Chuck Norris was a solidly pro-life actor: "We shouldn’t justify violence to humans outside the womb or inside the womb. Instead, we should esteem all human life from conception to the grave.” He will be missed.

Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence

Our ancestors believed in something.

@TonyG_in_LV @TheresaArueyin1 10 Hail Mary’s and you only say 9?

@DailyCatholicX @TheresaArueyin1 To keep count. I like that. The priest tells me to say 10 hail Mary’s, but if I only say 9 it’ll be like I lost at Simon says.

Random question: Why do so many religions use prayer beads? Catholics have the Rosary. Muslims carry Tasbih beads. Hindus and Buddhists use Malas. But when you read the Bible, Jesus never told believers to use objects to reach God. John 4:24 says, “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” Why do people feel the need for something in their hands when talking to God? What are your thoughts?

Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️

St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York

Sainte-Chapelle in Paris

@farmingandJesus @RyanHurst171 If someone truly believed in their youth and young adulthood, but then became a vocal atheist, do you believe that person’s baptism saved them? Sincerely asking.

@RyanHurst171 My friend’s daughter died at 19 , she was an atheist and very vocal about it. She was raised presby and baptized. Her baptism saved her? Is she in heaven?

Presbyterian, if you can't say "Baptism Saves" (it does) then you not only need to re-read the reformers and our confessions, but you need to re-read scripture.

@ExtraSaltedNuts @coby79859 You’re in good company when you feel the theological weight in those passages. Our intellect is a gift, but it was never meant to end in sorting out texts alone. It was always meant to draw us toward the reality those texts point to.

@DailyCatholicX @coby79859 What really nailed the coffin lid for me down was reading Esther in the Septuagint. It went from a story that revolted me to a holy witness. The voice of the Septuagint is of the God of the NT. I just keep seeing places where God is removed and Christ denied in MT.

Musing for my Reformed, RC and EO acquaintances: I am increasingly convinced the Septuagint is the faithful and inspired scripture, whereas the Masoretic is a perversion. With that said, the most distinct doctrine that has come from users of the MT is Calvinism. 1/