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In today’s Council of Catholic Men catechism and Bible study, we prayerfully entered Hebrews 10 to contemplate Christ as the once-for-all High Priest whose single oblation perfects those being sanctified. We reflected on the insufficiency of the Old Covenant sacrifices, the new and living way opened through Christ’s flesh, and the call to persevere in faith, charity, and communal worship. We highlighted the sobering warning against willful apostasy (Heb 10:26) while underscoring God’s justice and mercy, the hope of full remission in baptism, and the ongoing call to repentance and confession after baptism.

We connected Hebrews 10 to its Old Testament roots in Psalms 39 and 109 and Jeremiah 31, exploring prophecy fulfilled in Christ’s priesthood and the law written on our hearts. From the Catechism (St. Peter Canisius), we began unpacking what faith is: a divine gift and light to assent to revealed truths—especially the Trinity, the Incarnation, the Resurrection, new birth by water and the Spirit, and Christ’s Real Presence. We closed with the lives of the martyrs Saints Phileas and Philoromus (Feb 4), whose steadfast witness before persecution challenges us to prefer God above all and remain vigilant in holiness.