When Holy Week arrives, most Christians immediately think of the final days of Jesus: the entry into Jerusalem, the Last Supper, the Passion, and the Resurrection. However, centuries before Christ walked toward Calvary, there was a Jewish family that lived something that seems to anticipate the mystery of the Cross: …
Read More »Maccabees: the Warriors of Faith Who Defended God When the World Tried to Erase Him
In the history of the people of God there have been moments when faith seemed on the verge of disappearing. Times when political power, cultural pressure, and fear tried to uproot religious identity. In one of those moments arose the Maccabees, a family that decided to resist, defend the Law …
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