“By His Ascension He is now always everywhere.” The Ascension of the Lord is a Solemnity in the calendar of the Church, a feast-day of the highest rank. By the 11th century several different patterns had developed to depict the event. The elements common to all the compositions are theContinue Reading
“Christianity is based on timeless truths, truths that speak to all people of all times. But to get the people to listen, we have to be creative.” Barnabas and Paul The apostles Barnabas and Paul, followed a pattern as they travelled from city to city. Most likely they would startContinue Reading
“it is easy for us to get distracted by holy things and forget the mission that has been entrusted to us.” There is an old adage, its origins unclear, that cautions against losing sight of the forest for the sake of the trees. Are we so caught up in areContinue Reading
“In the end it is entirely up to us to submit to the authority of the Church.” Frank Koch tells of the importance of obeying the law of the lighthouse. “Two battleships assigned to the training squadron had been at sea on maneuvers in heavy weather for several days. IContinue Reading
Have you ever thought of yourself as a missionary? The apostles and missionaries, Barnabas and Paul, travelled from city to city, spreading the Gospel. Most likely they would start at the local synagogue and announce that the Messiah had finally come. They would spend the sabbath there, preaching. They spendContinue Reading
Faith truly can move mountains. It can even win a battle against overwhelming odds. The tension between the Christian and Muslim world is nothing new. It has been going on for centuries. In 1571, Christian Europe was in chaos. The Protestant Reformation had broken the unity of the Church andContinue Reading