Sacred Scripture
The main purpose of our apostolate is that, through the study of Sacred Scripture, we will be led to an understanding of that Wedding Feast promised by Christ where we will joyfully be united with the spouse that Christ has won for us for all eternity in heaven. What Adam and Eve were to have forever in the Garden of Eden, Christ has won for all of us on the Cross, in the blood and water that flowed from his side – as the New Eve formed from the side of the New Adam on Mount Calvary.
Those already sacramentally married will rejoice at being reunited together in heaven, where they will see their marriage elevated to a new height in Christ. What is even more exciting to learn, however, is that those who are single or celibate, be they young or old, will also be united with – in the words of St John Paul II – their “second self”, that spouse which Christ has won for them at the Wedding Feast in heaven. Let us rejoice that St Joseph is the spouse of Mary in heaven, both now and forever. We can also rejoice, as Christ promised us in Sacred Scripture, that this same joy awaits each of us in heaven. “Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb” (Rev 19:9).
In the very place where the wedding feast was to be celebrated, however, that is the Temple in Jerusalem, an alternative kingdom was being sought after, for it was customarily in the father’s house where the Jewish wedding feast would be celebrated. Hence, Jesus’ dramatic actions by his Cleansing of the Temple. This same Cleansing of the Temple, Christ undertakes in every age of Church history, not least our own, who live in a world dominated by the same immoral economic principles prevalent in the Temple in Christ’s own time. These immoral economic principles are examined here, where it is proposed, on the basis of the writings of the Early Church Fathers, that Jesus was directly opposed to the money-changers activities in the Temple and, in particular, to the use of token money which had been introduced in the Holy Place.
The two main points mentioned above are explained in more detail in our youtube presentations set out in the menu above and below.
Jesus and Marriage Jesus and Money
The Creation of Adam is a fresco painting by Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512
Our website presentations are all connected to these two central themes stated above. They are presented as follows:
