Another Old Testament event that prefigures the sacrament of reconciliation is in Genesis 4. Adam’s oldest son, Cain, kills his younger brother, Abel. God, like he did with Adam, tries to elicit ...

This tree was grown from a 2,000-year-old seed discovered at the site of Herod the Great's palace. ... even garnering several shout-outs in the Old Testament.

Praying with the Old Testament. By definition, then, all of us have a spirituality—a way of responding (or not) to the Spirit that has been given.