Searching for the right words can be difficult when both trying to draw something from Scripture and Deascribing something of the current or modern day.
An example from Ole-Ship News search for keyword "Bible":
Thursday March 12, 2009
Programmes From Our Own Correspondent Understanding the 'Scholar Pope' 11:49AM EST (BBC News)
... the economic downturn just like everyone else. The "Scholar-Pope" was unable to resist the temptation of quoting a line written in Latin, not from the Bible, but by the Roman poet Ovid 2,000 years ago: "Perfer et obdura: multo graviora tulisti." Endure and resist," he urged. "In the ...
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And In View Of Article's Context:
(First A BBC Article Excert:)... "The priest's remarks about Hurricane Katrina being due to divine displeasure at the sins of the citizens of New Orleans had caused a mini-revolt in the Catholic church in Austria.
The answer appears to be that Pope Benedict runs a very tight ship and that he relies upon a tiny group of close advisers to help him make his decisions.
This may mean that sometimes the normal bureaucratic procedures, the checks and balances operating within the Secretariat of State (the nerve centre of the central government of the Catholic Church) are not being carried out correctly.
'Scholar Pope'
But meanwhile, a new encyclical letter by the Pope - his highest form of teaching - is about to be published.
It will deal with the moral and social issues behind the global economic crisis. He says it is proving more difficult to write than he first imagined because of the unexpected complexity of the meltdown.
But the Pope usually finds the right words in the end.
Standing on a balcony during his visit to Rome's City Hall, built over the site of a long vanished temple, Benedict sympathised with the plight of modern Romans who are losing jobs and suffering from the economic downturn just like everyone else.
The "Scholar-Pope" was unable to resist the temptation of quoting a line written in Latin, not from the Bible, but by the Roman poet Ovid 2,000 years ago: "Perfer et obdura: multo graviora tulisti."
"Endure and resist," he urged. "In the past you have overcome much more difficult situations." "(end Article Excert) Now, what of this context , for this post?
The incident of Katrina may or may not have been a punishment by God, but certainly the bold text i add may point
Thursday, March 12, 2009
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