“Establish your heart, for the Lord’s coming is near.” Strange term = “ground, settle, strengthen, root, embed” the heart, the deepest core of your identity. Suggests deep conviction, peace “for” = Christ’s coming is the reason for establishing Opposite of establish = uncertain, erring, wandering, fearful, divided, all over the...
A winnowing fork is like a pitchfork. It is a long stick with half a dozen metal or wooden spikes about 6 inches long at the top. Once the edible part of the grain is separated from its protective stalk and husk in the process called threshing, you are left...
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When the Scottish martyr, St. John Ogilvie, was imprisoned, the cruellest torture he received was sleep deprivation. He was poked with sticks to stop him from nodding off. The torturers wanted him to become mentally confused and start betraying the names of other Catholics, but he resisted. When Jesus and...
“When we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim your death, O Lord, until you come again.” Is death really something worth proclaiming, though, as if it were good news? Usually not, but when it comes to the death of Christ, yes, it is, because his death means...
I think I may have met Janette back in February 2022 at the time of the passing of Gordon’s brother James. Having now read the family eulogy on her, I wish I had known her long before. What a splendid human being! Full of energy, wholesome fun and, from what...
The dedication of a church means it is given over to the worship of God. We ourselves were dedicated to worship Him when we were baptized and confirmed. But the initiative in worship is not ours, it’s God’s. We don’t know how to worship as we ought. It is God...
The sources of the biographical material are quoted at the end. ELEMENTS OF THE EUCHARISTIC TESTIMONY ST THÉRÈSE OF LISIEUX Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-1897) was a French Discalced Carmelite who is widely venerated in modern times. She is popularly known in English as the Little Flower. Thérèse has been a...
