The Athanasian Creed Whosoever would be saved needeth before all things to hold fast the Catholic Faith. Which Faith except a man keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he will perish eternally. Now the Catholic Faith is this: That we worship one God in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity, neither confusing the Persons nor  Read more …

Trinity and Memorial Day At first glance, Memorial Day has nothing to do with Trinity Sunday. Memorial Day is concrete, flesh and blood remembrance of fallen heroes while Trinity Sunday deals with one of Christianity’s most challenging doctrines, something that, at first glance, has little to do with ethical decision-making, personal values and stewardship. Trinity  Read more …

Why Wear Red for Pentecost? The Sunday that is seven weeks (50 days) after Easter Day is the Feast of Pentecost. Pentecost is the is the day on which we remember the story given to us in the second chapter of the Book of Acts. The story goes: – 40 days after the resurrection (which  Read more …

Pentecost celebrates the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles in the book of Acts, ushering in the beginning of the Church. 50 Days after Jesus’ resurrection (and 10 days after Jesus’ Ascension), the apostles were gathered together, probably confused and contemplating their future mission and purpose. On the day of Pentecost, a flame  Read more …

Why do you think the story of the ascension is often neglected in Christian circles today? Few teach on the ascension of Jesus, yet He taught His disciples that it was vital He return to the Father. Why? Our celebration explores the exciting gifts and opportunities Jesus gave us through His return to the Father.  Read more …

Ascending into heaven On Thursday we celebrated the Solemnity of the Ascension. This marked 40 days since the celebration of Jesus’ Resurrection. During the days after Easter until the Feast of the Ascension, Jesus made what we call post-resurrection appearances. He showed Himself in several different ways, sometimes in His Resurrected Body and other times  Read more …

What Does “Rogation” Mean? The word “Rogation” comes from the Latin verb rogare, meaning “to ask” , which reflects the beseeching of God for the appeasement of his anger and for protection from calamities . “Rogation” means “asking”, which is a theme particularly prominent in the Gospel text for this Sunday (St. John 16:23-33). We  Read more …

Cheerfulness and happiness in the world Challenges have always been part of mortality and God’s plan for our growth. In each instance the people had every reason to be anxious, fearful, and hopeless, yet the Lord directed them toward a reason to rejoice. How does the Lord’s invitation to cheerfulness sound in our world today?  Read more …

WHY the disciples had to wait so long? Would the disciples have accomplished anything without the Holy Spirit? No. Will we? That question needs to ring continually in our ears because we Christians are usually highly motivated self-starters. If we weren’t, we probably wouldn’t have gotten past all the obstacles there are to involvement in evangelism.  Read more …

“Ecclesia.” What is the church? Who makes its rules? Last Sunday, confused, anxious and troubled by the news of Jesus’ departure, the disciples asked what that meant. What will we do without Him? In the Gospel today, Jesus answers, saying that “The Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you  Read more …