060: Advent-Christmas Typology Minicast

The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard

Matthew Leonard

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 831 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2016

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

A little bit of knowledge goes a long way...especially when it comes to prayer and Scripture. In fact, you don't need to have any hardcore theological training or lots of letters after your name to get a lot out of prayer. That said, actually studying the Bible - what Pope Benedict XVI calls the "soul of theology" - will put your prayer life on steroids (which is still legal). And a key to understanding Scripture is known as typology. ("Ty-what?") Typology is a 25 cent word that shows how the people, places and events of the Old Testament point forward to the people, places, and events of the New Testament. It shows connections. In this episode of The Art of Catholic, I share a personal experience from my meditations the other day in my parish's adoration chapel. I thought it a good example of how making connections (i.e. typology) in Scripture can really juice up your time with Our Lord. In this mini-cast, I'll focus in on the 5th Joyful Mystery (The Finding of Jesus in the Temple) and discuss: Parallels between Jesus and Solomon The importance of the theme of wisdom Connections between Our Lady and the Queen of Sheba The different levels of meaning of Temple and why Jesus went there as a 12 year old Why the Magi brought Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh Happy Advent! Merry (Almost) Christmas! Happy (Almost) New Year! Matthew Want to go deeper into prayer. If you really want to understand the ins-and-outs of deep prayer: what it is, how to do it, the 3 Stages of the Spiritual Life, vocal, meditative, & contemplative prayer in the Catholic tradition - this is the book for you! "Matthew Leonard, in an engaging style, shows how ancient Catholic prayer traditions still meet the needs of today's Catholics."—His Eminence Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington "We all need help to grow spiritually...Matt Leonard shows us the way." - Dr. Scott Hahn, author, speaker, and Professor of Scripture and Theology, Franciscan University of Steubenville Grab your FREE copy of my quick guide to deeper prayer 8 Ways To Jumpstart Your Prayer Life! It's an easy step-by-step guide to help you rocket to God! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't miss a show! Subscribe to The Art of Catholic by clicking this link and then clicking "View in iTunes" under the picture and then "Subscribe"! Love the show and want more people to hear the Catholic faith? Leave a review by clicking here and then the "View in iTunes" button under my picture. This pushes the show up the rankings and puts it in front of more people. Android user? You can listen to The Art of Catholic on the Beyond Pod app from the Google Play Store.

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0:00.0	This is the art of Catholic.
0:05.7	What is that coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, perfumed with murder
0:19.7	and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of the merchant?
0:24.0	Behold, it is the
0:25.6	litter of Solomon. Hi everyone and welcome to the Art of Catholic that was the
0:31.3	third chapter of Song of Solomon. I'm Matthew Solomon Leonard. Yes that really
0:37.6	is my middle name and I'm in studio to it the same Paul Center for Biblical
0:41.1	theology as usual and some of you were hey, I thought Matt said he was taken December off in the
0:47.6	last podcast.
0:48.6	Well, I was planning on it.
0:51.1	But something came to me and I thought, you know, I throw a little, a little something,
0:54.7	a little mini podcast out there for you guys.
0:57.7	Nothing big, but hopefully something that you will find interesting and profitable.
1:02.0	Now, all of you who are familiar with the Art of Cat
1:05.9	like or with the St. Paul Center and the Journey Through Scripture series
1:09.2	have certainly run into the concept of typology. Now for those of you who have not,
1:15.6	typology is a big old word that really isn't that complicated. It's basically the study of how people,
1:22.8	places and events and the Old Testament point forward to the people in the places and the events of the New Testament.
1:28.3	So how the promises that God made in the Old Testament are fulfilled in Christ saving mysteries in the New Testament.
1:35.8	And the example we often use, and it's in the next journey through Scripture video series, the Bible and the sacraments, is the mana that the Israelites ate in the wilderness.
1:45.8	So that's the miracle bread with which God fed them for almost 40 years as they wandered
1:51.4	around the wilderness after leaving Egypt.
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