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“We know that Jesus spoke Aramaic because some of his words are preserved for us in the Gospels. Look at Matthew 27:46, where he says from the cross, ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani”. That isn’t Greek; it’s Aramaic, and it means, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?‘ “What’s more,” I said, “in Paul’s epistles—four times in Galatians and four times in 1 Corinthians— we have the Aramaic form of Simon’s new name preserved…

Two good Catholic boys passed an Episcopalian minister. At the sight of the reversed collar, one of them automatically said, “Hello, Father.” The other boy elbowed him in the ribs. “He’s no father, you dummy,” said the second youth, “He’s married and got three kids!“

A Baptist man lived in a traditional Catholic neighborhood. Every Friday, the Catholics were driven crazy because, while they were morosely eating fish, the Baptist was outside barbecuing steaks. The Catholics worked on the Baptist, attempting to convert him to Catholicism. Finally, after much pleading and some threats, the Catholics succeeded. They took the Baptist to a priest who sprinkled Holy Water on the man while saying, “Born a Baptist, Raised a Baptist, Now a…

A Nigerian housewife has reported seeing an apparition of the Virgin Mary in the window of her bathroom in the city of Lagos. “I walked into the bathroom at about 5 a.m. and was shocked and overwhelmed by fear with the visible appearance of the Virgin Mary,” Christiana Ejambi told reporters. Since then the Blessed Virgin has reappeared several times and has given Ejambi messages on a number of subjects, including religious faith and how…

In 1998, the coffin seals were broken for the first time in 400 years. There was a skeleton, but no skull! The researchers found a tooth on the floor of the coffin and did the DNA test on that. It was dated at about the time Luke would have been alive. But what about the head? Research shows the body’s head was removed in 1354 and taken to Prague, where it now rests in the…