Accordingly, Ramadan, the month of fasting, can fall in either summer or winter, depending on the calendar. The Islamic calendar is generally only used for religious holidays, not civil events, in most Islamic countries. Gregorian calendars are used to mark these public events. Iranian and Afgha...
What I want to focus on though is the frightening slippery slope of these vaccine mandates. I am in no way religious, but the following bible verse has been mentioned a lot and has stuck in my head as I watch what is going. Revelation 13:16-17 And he causes all, the small and the...
“And whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance in order to be seen fasting by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face so that you may no...
by praying and fasting and giving in secret, not because the world sees; and yet shining with His light so that the world can see. So back to judging. This morning’s homily, quite naturally, was about our tendency to make judgments about other people, but as I pondered the words of...