The content below is reposted from years ago. I post this in honor of St. John the Apostle, celebrated today. His writings give us the events of the Wedding Feast at Cana (John 2), the explicit doctrine of the Eucharist (John 6), and the depiction of the Wedding Feast of the Lamb (Rev. 21). The …
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December 26, 2025. It is the feast of Saint Stephen the first of the martyrs. In Acts Chapter 6 and 7 we hear of Saint Stephen and the role he played in the Church. We also see how it came to be that he was killed as he witnessed to Christ, our Messiah and Lord. …
The focus on John the Baptist this Advent has renewed some reflections in me on prophets. Most especially, let’s talk about the prophet Jonah. What is “the sign of Jonah” to which our Lord refers in the Gospels? On the one hand it appears that Jesus himself explains this “sign.” He says that “just as …
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