Posted by Web Staff on 3/27/22
What does it mean to repent? It means to turn around. Instead of looking in the mirror all the time and thinking about our-selves - how we feel, what we want, how we can get ahead - we turn around and look out the window. There we see the path that God wants us to follow. We see things that we ... Read More »
Posted by Web Staff on 3/20/22
Early Christian art created some beautiful images to communicate the importance and benefits of prayer. One particularly memorable image is found in the Church of St. Apollinare in Classe, in the Italian city of Ravenna. Ravenna was the capital of the western half of the Byzantine Empire in the early Middle Ages. The churches built during those ... Read More »
Posted by Web Staff on 3/15/22
Sin is, at heart, rebellion against God. Since God created us to live in communion with Him, in Whom we find happiness, sin always involves seeking happiness in some other place than in communion with God. There are three of these places, three idols we can worship. They correspond to Jesus' three temptations. JRR Tolkien, ... Read More »
Posted by Web Staff on 3/08/22
This Wednesday is Ash Wednesday. A day to remind us that this world is passing and that our true home is in heaven. But in order to receive our heavenly inheritance required Jesus, the Son of God, to endure His passion and death. A great act of love and mercy for us. To prepare ourselves for ... Read More »