(An excerpt taken From Her Conception to The Conception.) In the Name of the Triune God. Concerning the appearance of the Archangel Gabriel, both the Protoevangelium of St. James (an ancient apocryphal text concerning the life of the Virgin) and the Christian Scriptures reveal, quite possibly, the greatest example of Our Lady as an icon…
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The Holy Cross
The meaning of the Cross in the life of the Christian is one that is bitter sweet. Bitter because of the pain and suffering which the cross represents when Jesus the don of the Divine was crucified for no crime other than speaking a new truth. Jesus truth which he was killed for was calling…
Faith or Bigotry?
Editors Note: This story was written and submitted before the US Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case mentioned. The ruling was handed down on June 4, 2018. Evangelicals awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission are in an unusual position: they’re looking to a secular court to…
My Comfort
Many things happen everyday Ones that sometimes doubt my faith But one constant is there to listen And it is the Theotokos God-Bearer. She sweetly and confidently listens Even with the number of children ask for Her prayers Never a blind eye She turns Nor a deaf ear to Her people She covers us with…
The Cross as a sign of the total renewal
The theme of the cross is a very diverse and also quite profound subject, everything depends on the attitude one wants to address. Sometimes we also find the cross as a simple theory and perhaps as a theme of the liturgy, subtracting its absolute value as a reality. Just as I write these lines, I…
La Cruz Como Signo De La Renovacion Total
El tema de la cruz es un tema bastante diverso y también bastante profundo, todo depende con la actitud que se quiera abordar. A veces también nos encontramos con la cruz como una simple teoría y quizá como un tema de la liturgia restándole su valor absoluto como una realidad. Justamente al yo escribir estas…
We are a post Pentecostal church
We are a post Pentecostal church. All of us, not just leaders or ministers, or those in ‘apostolic succession’. All those years ago there were more than 100 people in that upper room. Acts 1:15 says there were about 120, and Peter addresses them as ‘Brothers and sisters’, so many more than just the remaining…
Living Lent and Embracing Pentecost
By the time this is read, the season of Lent will have come and gone. Easter will be a memory and our lives will roll along towards summer. Most won’t even be giving the next liturgical holy day, Pentecost, a second thought. We will be rolling along in life on our autopilot. But it doesn’t…
Mary said Yes
I do not know what is going to unfold here as I write, but I am doing so only because the Holy Spirit is urging me to do so. From the very beginnings of the Franciscan spiritual movement, Mary has been the pivot or hinge of the spiritual makeup of all the communities calling themselves…
Respect Life-It Starts With You and Me
Several weeks ago (in mid-October) the hashtag: #MeToo was posted by actress Alyssa Milano, inviting anyone who had been sexually assaulted or harassed to post this hashtag in their Twitter or Facebook accounts. Within just a few hours it was trending and within 48 hours #MeToo had blown up social media and was the lead-in…