The bronze serpent mounted on a pole in the Book of Numbers (21:9) is one of the Old Testament types cited by Jesus himself: “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up.” (Jn 3:14) The original … [Read more...]
About Fr. Richard Veras
Father Richard Veras is Director of Pastoral Formation and Professor of Homiletics at Saint Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, New York. He has been the Chaplain of the ecclesial lay movement Communion and Liberation in the Archdiocese of New York since 1999. He is a regular contributor to Magnificat magazine and is the author of three books, his latest being The Word Made Flesh: Foreshadowed, Fulfilled, Forever (MAGNIFICAT).
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