Up in that upper room, presumedly the same room where Jesus and the disciples had celebrated that Passover dinnerthe night before Jesus was crucified. They were there, but yes, they were shut away. Presumedly behind locked doors, for fear of what the authorities might do to them, even we...
With that, my decision to take a study sabbatical comes from God’s leading and the desire to be more useful and useable to the faithful of Saint James to lead them to a life of missions. There are too many of us, Christians all, who spend our time studying about our faith and ...
These prayers are complex and glorious in their descriptive detail. But because of the abundance of detail, it's hard to see the forest for the trees. So before we consider these prayers in detail, let's step back and look at the big picture. I've created a bare-bones outline of Paul...
What Pope was responsible for sending the first Crusaders to the Holy Land? Paul was shipwrecked on what island? Who committed the first murder in the bible? What is Unam Sanctam? Which Council was held in 381 A.D.? In the stations of the cross, how many times did Jesus fall?
then your righteousness[a]will go before you, and the glory of theLordwill be your rear guard. 9Then you will call,and theLordwill answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, ...
Spend some time being still before the Lord, waiting patiently to hear from Him. Pray that He would keep you from fretting over evil people who seem to prosper, overthe ones who carry out evil devices. Ask that the Lord would help you to refrain from anger, and forsake wrath, choosing ...
Janet Holm McHenry: I was a public high school educator when the 9/11 attacks occurred. Early that morning before school started, I walked into a teacher friend’s classroom to see the first tower go down and, in horror, the events that followed. I was so grieved and shaken, I was ph...
• Before the rosary • Holy Archangel Michael • St Joseph II • Before studying or reading • For the holy souls in Purgatory • The Four Ends of Sacrifice • Anima Christi • Words and Deeds • Good day, my Guardian Angel! • Dear Mother • Aspirations • Act of ...
but I had already studied it very thoroughly in the Bible even in those early days. And I had only been studying the Bible, even looking into it, about six months at that time. And, well as fast as this minister would bring up something I would point it out to him in the Bible an...
“the end of all things.” Barnes notes: “The word rendered “is at hand,” (η ̓ ́γγικε e ̄ ngike,) may refer either to proximity of place or time, and it always denotes that the place or the time referred to was not far off.” Therefore, be serious and ...