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TwitterWritten on June 27, 2016 at 6:26 pm, by dean
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Bodily health is a good thing, but what is truly blessed is not only to know how to keep one’s health but actually to be healthy. If someone praises health but then goes and eats food that makes him ill, what is the […]
Written on June 27, 2016 at 11:02 am, by dean
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. This is the Greatest Commandment As we find on every Sunday, the Gospel of Jesus Christ has a message, if not a teaching, for all of us and today is no different. The Church today wishes to teach us […]
Written on June 22, 2016 at 10:57 am, by dean
“War broke out again and David went out to fight against the Philistines; he inflicted a great defeat on them and they fled before him. An evil spirit from the Lord came on Saul while he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand; David was playing the harp. Saul tried to […]
Written on June 20, 2016 at 2:01 pm, by dean
While I was studying Card. Ratzinger’s // later Pp Benedict // answer to the Crisis in Biblical interpretation, he began with Wladimir Soloviov, a Russian philosopher friend of Dostoyevskij, this man, Soloviov died in 1900 and I found this quote from him, I thought worth sharing it: “As long as the dark foundation of […]
Written on June 18, 2016 at 8:43 pm, by dean
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Father began the sermon by reciting the Hail Mary. Summer is a Time for Caution Today is the 4th Sunday after Pentecost, the point when the vestments are finally green again. This is indicative that we have passed through […]
Written on June 18, 2016 at 7:39 pm, by dean
We begin, as we begin and end all things: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Qui cum Unigenito Filio Tuo et Spiritu Sancto, Unus es Deus, Unus es Dominus Glory and praise to God the Holy Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy […]
Written on June 17, 2016 at 4:48 pm, by dean
A colloquy of St Dorotheus The reason for all disturbance is that no-one blames himself My brethren, let us consider how it can happen so often that someone hears something unpleasant and goes away untroubled, as if he had not heard it; and yet sometimes he is disturbed and troubled as soon as he hears […]
Written on June 17, 2016 at 3:42 pm, by dean
“Understand the meaning of what you do. Imitate what you celebrate. Model your life on the mystery of the Cross.” The words of instruction taken from the rite of ordination of priests spoken by the ordaining bishop to six of us on that most awesome day, May 29, 1971 in Lafayette, Indiana in the […]
Written on June 16, 2016 at 3:36 pm, by dean
From Judges 6:1-6,11-24 From Rev. Fr. L. Stephen Galambos, o.f.m. The Israelites did what displeases the Lord; the Lord gave them over for seven years into the hands of Midian, and Midian bore down heavily on Israel. To escape from Midian the Israelites used the mountain clefts and the caves and shelters. Whenever Israel […]
Written on June 16, 2016 at 2:22 pm, by dean
St Cyprian, martyr On the Lord’s Prayer From Rev. Fr. L. Stephen Galambos, o.f.m. He continues, we ask Give us this day our daily bread. This can be understood both spiritually and literally, because either way of understanding is rich in divine usefulness to our salvation. For Christ is the bread of life, and this […]