On This Day
Each year, as we approach the anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001, I always debate with myself on whether or not to write something about that day. ...
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How do we Change the World?
This past week I had somewhat of a revelation or an epiphany or something of the sort. In my preparation for the sermon that I was going to preach this past Su...
Sermon ~ Take up your Cross
The Reading is from John 3:13-17 The Lord said, “No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man. And as Moses lifted up ...
The problem with political prayer
By Mathew N. Schmalz When New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan accepted a belated invitation to give the blessing at the Democratic National Convention, I wondered w...
Prayer and Politics
As you may know, if you read these pages often, I sometimes comment on politics. I Tweeted last night that I am a Bipartisan criticizer as I am critical of pol...
Blessed are the Pure in Heart…
… For they shall see God! The title of the article is drawn from the fifth chapter of the Gospel of St. Matthew. The verse is part of what is known as the Beat...
The Parable of the Vineyard ~ Sermon for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost
The Reading is from Matthew 21:33-42 The Lord said this parable, “There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a win...
Encyclical of His All-Holiness for the Church New Year
Prot. No. 718 + BARTHOLOMEW By the Mercy of God Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome And Ecumenical Patriarch To the Fullness of the Church Grace and Peace fro...
Top Posts for August 2012
Thank you to all of the readers who found these pages. During the month of August more than 2,500 people stopped by to check out what was going on here. Below...