Within the catholic tradition the primary vocation of the Church is to make present the story of Jesus. The whole Church calendar is a journey through the life of Christ. Along that journey, year after year, the Church celebrates what is traditionally called: Candlemas...
Every few years America enters the ritual of politics: mudslinging, lies, destruction of lives, and false promises. Billions of dollars are spent every political cycle, not to get information out to people so that they can make informed decisions, but rather so that they might hate one of the candidates enough to vote for the other guy (that they really don’t like either). It’s a fascinating time to be an American. And it’s potentially one of the hardest times to be a Christian...
With the addition of new families coming and plugging into The Advent, I thought it would be good to write an article laying out the theological nature of our children’s ministry. This may seem strange because often the focus is on “vision” or “purpose,” -- and we have those things too. But as a priest and parent (I’m a Father and a father), I want to illustrate an important theological aspect of our parish, to help us move forward together as more families join us...
When I first began to attend liturgical churches, one of the first things that stood out to me was the idea of the Church calendar. I was familiar with holidays like Christmas and Easter, but I never grew up participating in seasons like Lent or Advent. The idea of seasons in the Church was foreign to me. When I started really looking at the Church calendar, though, I was amazed at how “Christ-o-centric” it was...
Just like Advent beckoned us to agonizing anticipation, and Christmas to a marathon celebration of the Nativity, Epiphany calls us to work out the ramifications of Christ being made known in all the world, and specifically to you and me...
The use of Icons are affirmations of the Incarnation. They are not only conduits of God's presence, but are visual reminders that He has come in the flesh and dwelt among us...
Everything that has been created is capable of worshipping its creator. The broad scope of creation returns a broad scope of worship to God. Creation worships God best when it is being what it was made to be...