BE AWARE OF FALSE PROPHECIES Searching for God among Many Voices False prophets have been and will always continue to be a very serious threat to the Church and to Christians. We are surrounded by many voices. There’s rarely a moment within our waking lives that someone or something isn’t calling out to us and, Read more …
Author: Father Pothin
WHY Series: Why do we give Tithes and offerings?
One of the bigger issues that we have in churches today is the giving tithes and offerings. However if people really knew and could grasp the concept of how powerful giving tithes and offerings is, not only would everybody start giving, they would also do so with a heart of joy and thanksgiving. Today I Read more …
FATHER POTHIN’S REFLECTION
Are You a Christian? Are you a Christian? I guess the majority, if not all, say yes. But what do you really mean when you call yourself Christian? Is your Christian identity a “status quo” (something acquired once for good)? Is it a “metanoia,” meaning something in perpetual progression? Where do you range your “Christianity”? Read more …
FATHER POTHIN’S REFLECTIONS
Faith of Our Fathers, Living Still Happy July 4th I was at a community event one Thursday night, and the host was Frank. He is a veteran; came back from the World War II wounded and disabled. He has carried the price tag of freedom in his own body ever since. He, like so many, Read more …
Special WHY Series Prayers for Independence Day
For Independence Day O ETERNAL God, through whose mighty power our fathers won their liberties of old; Grant, we beseech thee, that we and all the people of this land may have grace to maintain these liberties in righteousness and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Read more …
The Why Series: Why are you worrying?
It’s normal to worry from time to time. Given life’s many unknowns and challenges, worry could be considered a natural response to many situations. But chronic and all-consuming worry can be troublesome and interfere with our ability to function freely and calmly in our daily lives. More importantly, problem worry can make faith in God Read more …
FATHER POTHIN’S REFLECTIONS
Clothed with humility and crowned with charity On this Fathers’ Day, let us thank our heavenly Father; let us also remember and learn from our fathers in faith “who were of one heart and soul” (Acts 4:32). In the first Christian community, nourished at the Lord’s Table, united by the Holy Ghost, they shared their Read more …
WHY Series:Why shall we do Adoration?
Adoration, also known as “benediction of the blessed sacrament” or “Eucharistic adoration” or simply “holy hour” is adoring or honoring the Eucharistic Presence of Christ. In a deeper sense, it involves “the contemplation of the Mystery of Christ truly present before us”. Jesus waits for us in this Sacrament of Love. In the sacred Host, He Read more …
WHY Series: The Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Sacred Heart is among the less familiar and less known of Anglican-Catholic devotional images. But its symbolism is profound and inspiring. As we marked the Feast of the Sacred Heart this week, here is a look at the explanation behind some of the features of the Sacred Heart. The flames The Sacred Heart most obviously brings Read more …
FATHER POTHIN’S REFLECTION
Fleeing from God! Our daily dread This Sunday’s Gospel is the account of the “great supper” in Luke 14:16. They declined the invitation…they began to make excuses…they did not want to get involved…they ignored the voice, the face of God in the master of the house…they fled from God. Fleeing from God! You can flee Read more …
