By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture, April 26, 2022
Jeffrey Mirus holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from Princeton University. A co-founder of Christendom College, he also pioneered Catholic Internet services. He is the founder of Trinity Communications and CatholicCulture.org.
I opened my Bible today at random and found myself on the page which includes chapters 10 and 11 of St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans. In these chapters, Paul deals with one of the greatest mysteries of salvation history—the mystery that, through the disobedience of the Jews, salvation was mercifully offered to the godless Gentiles, such that while the natural Jewish branches of the tree of life were cut off, the Gentiles were grafted on in their place. But through their disobedience, the Jews put themselves in the same position, of having nothing to rely on but God’s mercy. Therefore, through the same mercy shown to the Gentiles, the Jews will be grafted back onto the tree. …
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