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Help Thou My Unbelief
Below is a very good insight from 'St. Jack'. By the way, I often say the prayer that he mentions, “Lord I believe, help Thou my unbelief.” In fact for several years now I have said it at the elevation...
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St. Gregory the Great
St. Gregory the Great and St. Augustine of Canterbury Perhaps you have heard this story before but not perhaps from St. Bede the Venerable. This passage starts on page 86 of the pdf, which is numbered...
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The ‘Religion of Peace’
For a few weeks now I have been planning to do a piece on Islam. And today, the anniversary of the Islamic terrorist attacks on this country, seems to be a good day to reflect on the so-called...
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Hail Mary…
Just a few moments ago, as I was preparing to write, the bells for the Angelus started to ring. The Angelus has been a part of my life going back to the Episcopal seminary I attended. It was there...
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The Choice
Today is the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael – the Holy Archangels. And as I was praying this morning in preparation for Mass I was reflecting on how these Holy Archangels help to...
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Searching for the Truth about Islam, part 2
What to do about Lumen Gentium 16? I continue today my reflection on Islam that has been prompted by an email I received from a friend. In that email he brings up the Vatican II document Lumen Gentium,...
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Searching for the Truth about Islam, part 2 continued
Clarification on the last post…which is why this is called part 2 continued My last post is one of those instances of pushing the ‘publish’ button too soon. If I had reflected on it more, specifically...
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Searching for the Truth about Islam, part 3
On this day in 1845 a significant event took place. It was an event that would figure prominently in my own life as well as the life of many others throughout the years. The event in question was the...
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Niceness and the Need of Salvation
‘Niceness’—wholesome, integrated personality—is an excellent thing. We must try by every medical, educational, economic, and political means in our power to produce a world where as many people as...
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On Loving God and Our Neighbor
Sermon for the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity October 26, 2014 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” These words of our Savior,...
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In Regards to the Fall
The doctrine of the Fall (both of man and of some ‘gods,’ ‘eldils’ or ‘angels’) is the only satisfactory explanation. Evil begins, in a universe where all was good, from free will, which was permitted...
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A Man Unafraid to Tell the Truth
On this day 51 years ago C.S. Lewis died. I have had the pleasure of meeting a few men that actually met and talked with Lewis (one of them being my friend Thomas Howard) but I never had the pleasure...
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Christ the King
(Editorial note: the comment below by Dr. Delaney is worth noting and, as he suggests, would have fit into my sermon very well. In addition, it was pointed out by one of the deacons at the parish that...
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The Difference between Need and Want
People…have become used to an image of God handed down to them as very conerned, even jealous, about receiving the honor and glory due him, as though he somehow needed this for his own sake. But this...
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The Four Last Things – Heaven
Sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent December 14, 2014 In continuing our Advent reflections on the Four Last Things our topic today is Heaven. And here is the summary of what I have to say about...
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…and the Word became Flesh
Sermon for the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ December 25, 2014 What is a word? This is not a question we would normally ask ourselves because we take words for granted. When we use words to...
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Excuses, excuses, excuses
There are many things I could list as valid reasons of why I have not been posting on a regular basis recently: a hectic schedule leading up to Christmas, various sermons to write, trip out of town...
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The Church: Christ’s Voice of Authority
Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany February 1, 2015 Moses was the one who delivered God’s word to the Israelites in the form of the Law. So when we hear him say today, “God will raise up for...
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Salt and Society
You are the salt of the earth. What do these words imply? Did the disciples restore what had already turned rotten? Not at all. Salt cannot help what is already corrupted. That is not what they did....
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Time to Wake Up
Sermon for the Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity November 15, 2015 The sun comes up in the east and it does so every day. Its rays wake up the sleepy world with every new morning and we go about the...
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