When Angel Gabriel visited Zechariah and Mary, both of them did not understand how things could happen the way Gabriel announced. Though they asked similar questions, Zechariah ended up losing his power of speech whereas for Mary, the angel just left her. Why did they have such different consequences?
Mark 7:1-13 mentions that other than the ten commandments, the Pharisees added extra laws and rules that Jews should follow. Is our church today not doing the same thing, such as harsh rules on the divorce and mandatory mass of some feast days?
舊約有敖難的淫行 – 猶大命二兒子敖難去親近哥哥的妻子,盡作弟弟的義務給哥哥立後。敖難不願親近哥哥的妻子,遭天主嚴懲死了(創38:7-10)。新約中若翰直斥黑落德亂倫的罪:「你不可佔有你兄弟的妻子。」為什麼新舊約對為兄弟立嗣有這麼大反差?
每當讀到天主是慈悲心的、寬仁的,就想起舊約出谷紀,天主多次使法郎心硬。在出10:1第八災之始時記載:「你去見法郎,因為我已使他和他的臣僕心硬⋯⋯」為何天主要使法郎心硬而不心軟呢?如只為彰顯祂的神能,那豈不是離慈悲很遠?