The Desert Fathers
The Desert Fathers were monks, asethics and hermits who lived mainly in Egypt beginning around the third century. Their objective was to remove themselves from the many corruptions of the world and to...
View ArticleThe Retreat – A Worship Time
A time of silence, contemplation, prayer and Holy Communion that seeks to employ the use of symbols and Sacrament to draw us closer to God. Wednesdays at 6:45 P.M. As one enters the sanctuary at...
View ArticleA Lenten Thought #1
Prayer for Today O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need of further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O...
View ArticleA Quote for the Day #1
“God has fallen out of containment in religion and into human hearts-God is incarnating. Our whole unconscious is in an uproar from the God Who wants to know and to be known.” –C. G. Jung The Easter...
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“The Lord wills that we have respect for all creation, always mindful that man is the pinnacle of creation and He gave himself for man’s salvation. In that there is cause for constant worship” –Julian...
View ArticleWhy Pray?
The Lord’s Prayer is an expression of faith which assumes that human beings are not self-sufficient but dependent on God. It is not a sign of weakness to pray but a sign of our humanity, because prayer...
View ArticleThere's No Time Like the First Time...
Reblogged from theunexpectedds: Pastors have facetiously called them C & E Christians...those people who show up on Christmas and Easter, but the reality is that most people are likely to begin...
View ArticleSeeking Him
English: Adoration of the Wise Men by Murillo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) An ancient theologian named Origen tried to simplify the message of Advent and Christmas something like this: Suppose there were...
View ArticleBasic Disciplines for Liturgical Worship, Part II
Reblogged from haligweorc: This part is coming along slowly... I do see the relationship between intentionality/participation/attentiveness as being three aspects of the same whole and may juggle...
View ArticleFactors of Destruction
The Jesuit theologian and mystic Anthony de Mello tells us: “These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without...
View ArticleWorship 1
“That is what worship is all about. It is the glad shout of praise that arises to God the creator and God the rescuer from the creation that recognizes its maker, the creation that acknowledges the...
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People silently entered the candlelit sanctuary. In the total quiet of the moment, the intense prayers of those gathered were almost palpable. Each brought to worship years of living with accumulated...
View ArticleA Mind to Worship
It was said of Abba Ammoes that when he went to church, he did not allow his disciple to walk beside him but only at a certain distance; and if the latter came to ask him about his thoughts, he would...
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People silently entered the candlelit sanctuary. In the total quiet of the moment, the intense prayers of those gathered were almost palpable. Each brought to worship years of living with accumulated...
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“The Lord wills that we have respect for all creation, always mindful that man is the pinnacle of creation and He gave himself for man’s salvation. In that there is cause for constant worship” —Julian...
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People silently entered the candlelit sanctuary. In the total quiet of the moment, the intense prayers of those gathered were almost palpable. Each brought to worship years of living with accumulated...
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