When It Feels Like God Is Far Away, What Can I Do? Sometimes it does feel like God is far away. It feels like prayers are unheard and reading the Bible feels unfulfilling. But is God really far away? And if not, why do we all experience a feeling of distance sometimes? The answer to  Read more …

A Night of Struggles “We have toiled all the night, and have caught nothing. Nevertheless, At Thy Word I Will”. (Lk V,1) The above is a famous quote of Peter from the episode of the gospel‘s account appointed for this Sunday: the story of the great fishing, or the miraculous fishing. The story does not  Read more …

WHY DO WE ELECT A BISHOP? In the Anglican Catholic Church, bishops have many roles, including teaching, governing, and sanctifying: » Teaching Bishops are the primary teachers in their diocese, preaching the Gospel and ensuring that others teach the truth. » Governing Bishops oversee the administrative and ministerial life of their diocese, which includes parishes.  Read more …

Judgment! Judge not? What did Jesus really mean in saying “Judge not”? Did he really mean what the majority of people today mean, which is “Don’t tell me what to do” or “You have no right to criticize my actions” or “My standards of right and wrong are different than yours so keep your nose  Read more …

WHY DO WE ELECT A BISHOP? In the Anglican Catholic Church, bishops have many roles, including teaching, governing, and sanctifying: » Teaching Bishops are the primary teachers in their diocese, preaching the Gospel and ensuring that others teach the truth. » Governing Bishops oversee the administrative and ministerial life of their diocese, which includes parishes.  Read more …

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 …

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  Read more …

Trinity 2 – reflection from 2023 & 2020 Forgive and be merciful That may be your best gift on this Father’s Day weekend. Forgiveness is the only thing that is new. The world contains only one thing that is truly novel, forgiveness. Everything else is an old tape repeating itself endlessly over and over again.  Read more …

Heaven or Hell? Our lives on earth are temporary. Where do we go after our earthly sojourn? Jesus answers: to Heaven or to Hell depending on how you lived. In this Sunday’s gospel, the story of Lazarus and the rich man, Jesus teaches us that Heaven and Hell are both real, literal places. Sadly, many  Read more …

Eucharist: The most cherished Gift We celebrate the body and blood of Christ not as isolated objects of adoration but as food and drink, like the manna in the desert and the water brought forth from a rock. Jesus makes it very clear how we are to approach his body and blood: “If you do  Read more …