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Today I have the honor of interviewing Dr. Michael Barber, a brilliant theologian whom Scott Hahn calls, “…one of the most promising Scripture teachers in the Church.”
Michael is the Professor of Theology, Scripture and Catholic Thought at John Paul the Great Catholic University in San Diego. He is the author of several books, including, Coming Soon: Unlocking the Book of Revelation and Applying Its Lessons Today (Emmaus Road, 2006) and most recently, Genesis to Jesus: Studying Scripture from the Heart of the Church (Servant, 2007), a Bible study co-authored with Kimberly Hahn.
Michael is a Research Fellow for the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, founded by Dr. Scott Hahn. He is also he host of Reasons for Faith Live, a weekly radio show on EWTN’s Radio Network. In addition to teaching at John Paul the Great Catholic University, he teaches classes for the Diocesan Institute of San Diego, where he helps to form the future deacons and religious educators of the diocese.
What really excites me, though, and what we’ll talk about here, is Michael’s use of technology to help people study Scripture. He hosts the popular Sacred Page podcast as well as a blog by the same name, which both offer an in-depth exploration of Bi
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Last week’s activities began on St. Patrick’s Day with an early Mass at St. Patrick’s School in Rodeo. I visited the classrooms as the students arrived at 7:30 a.m. There was a lot of buzz in the air, as everyone was dressed for St. Patrick. Some kids even had green hair. I found very happy children, yet reverent and focused during the morning prayer-assembly and later at Mass. They also have a full kindergarten, as well as preschool, and what looked like pre-pre-preschool . . . for babies!
Just like when visiting Santa, babies cry when visiting the Bishop!
Later on St. Patrick’s Day we held the funeral Mass for Father Seamus Genovese. There was a very impressive turnout of parishioners and friends, as well as diocesan priests. Fr. Seamus was my neighbor . . . just a twenty minute walk across the top of Lake Merritt. He always had a drink and a place ready at the table for guests who dropped in for dinner. May he rest in peace!
On the evening of St. Patrick’s Day, when many people are having “a wee dram of the dew” or at least an Irish Coffee, a couple hundred parishioners of St. Joan of Arc parish in San Ramon came to hear me give a talk on “Discernment of Spirits, accordi