Day: August 4, 2012

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Weekly Reading, Sunday, August 5, 2012

Reading 1 Ex 16:2-4, 12-15 The whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, “Would that we had died at the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt, as we sat by our fleshpots and ate our fill of bread! But you had to lead us into this desert to […]
Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Sanity is asking for help.

Imagine that you live next door to a very nice older woman, a widow.  Sometimes, you give her a hand trimming, mowing, or moving things. Then, imagine that an awful legal problem emerges.  You find that you are at great risk of loss and it’s possible that you could end up in prison for a […]
Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

If Mary’s not our Mother, we are spiritual orphans.

Just as our place in Heaven will reflect our love of, and obedience to, Jesus, our joy on earth reflects how much love and respect we have for Mary. Protestants do not think much about Mary.  So, their churches are dying.   Some congregations simply disappear.  Others are absorbed into more efficient mega-churches even less likely […]