Christmas 2012 by GryphonRampant Advent – Christmas 2012 by GryphonRampant It’s time to start thinking about Christmas cards. I have two designs available this year through Zazzle.The MangerAdvent/ChristmastideYou can mix and match to order in bulk and save. Click through to see the interior of the cards and their ChristmasContinue Reading
As Christ prepares His disciples for His passion and death, His followers still do not quite grasp the reality of Jesus’ teachings. They are still thinking like men, motivated by their ambitions of position and power. They have not yet risen above earthly wisdom to the true wisdom that comesContinue Reading
In recent years icons have enjoyed a growing popularity. Iconography workshops abound and many people have them in their homes as devotional images. But this has also led to much discussion about what an icon is and isn’t. Differences in style aside, one thing that all proper icons have inContinue Reading
The healing of the deaf man with a speech impediment is told only in the Gospel according to St. Mark. Why was this? Besides the recounting of a miracle, what message was Mark trying to convey to his readers? Saint Mark addressed his Gospel to gentile converts living in RomeContinue Reading
“Care for orphans and widows in their affliction and… keep oneself unstained by the world.” (James 1:27) St. James illustrates for us two paths of spirituality that we must keep in balance. On the one hand we should involve ourselves in our world to help our brothers and sisters inContinue Reading
From the beginning there were those who could not accept the offering of love and family God extends to His people. Many will follow, but only up to the point where they are challenged. Joshua challenged the Israelites to choose whom they will serve. Jesus challenged His followers with hisContinue Reading
Wisdom invites the simple and those without understanding to the banquet of eternal life. But how can the unwise comprehend what is offered to them? In a like manner Jesus offers Himself as food for eternal life and is confronted with ignorance. His invitation is understandable only in the lightContinue Reading
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God’s handwriting – a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing. ~Ralph Waldo EmersonContinue Reading
On August 10, 2012, Bishop Richard J. Malone was installed as the fourteenth bishop of Buffalo N.Y design: Paul Sullivan rendering: Lawrence KlimeckiContinue Reading
I recently came across an online discussion that compared opera in America, which is largely privately funded (i.e. funded by its audience) and opera in Germany which is largely publicly (government) funded. The point was that opera in Germany seemed more free to criticize society and government while opera inContinue Reading