Jesus was baptized for our sake so that we may be connected to Him in our baptism. We notice Satan didn’t leave Jesus alone after His baptism. Satan doesn’t leave us alone after our baptism either. We can still be tempted, sin, and have terrible things happen to us. Yet, God gives us wonderful gifts … Read more
Psalm 16 comes up in our lectionary on Easter Day. Also noteworthy is that St. Peter quotes it in Acts 2, telling the Jews that though they put Jesus to death, God would not allow his Holy One to be bound by death. We know that Jesus’ resurrection is a resurrection promised to all his … Read more
Deny Yourself and follow the Christ. That was the theme of our readings. We heard it first in the 10 commandments God gave to his people from the Book of Exodus. Far from being arbitrary rules we must follow, a set of hoops to hop through to prove our faith , the commandments are a … Read more
Can miracles exist outside of God? Was Jesus only stunned? These are topics the Confirmation students talked about based on the Case for Faith and Case for Christ (student edition) books. Miracles defy the laws of science, so something greater than science would need to intervene was one talking point. With everything Jesus went through … Read more
The National Youth Gathering is in Houston in July 2022. It usually takes 3 years to fundraise for the event; and it is understandable that we have cancelled almost all fundraisers in the past year. Therefore, we are trying something NEW! Easter Overnight Breakfast Casseroles! Casseroles will be created on Saturday, April 4 and refrigerated … Read more
We see a glimpse of what Abraham was thinking as he climbed Mount Moriah with his son, Isaac. “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” Abraham didn’t know when or how the sacrifice would be provided. He was faithfully following God’s command to sacrifice Isaac. We forget Isaac could … Read more
Psalm 15 asks “who can dwell with God?”, that is, “who will be saved and be in God’s presence forever?”. The Psalm then lists various attributes about the righteous ones who will be saved. As Christians, we look to Jesus as the one who perfectly lived according to this. He in turn shares his righteousness … Read more
Second Sunday in Lent – B 2021 Mark 8: 27-38 Jesus is not the Christ that we sinners wanted, but he is the Christ we sinners needed. Here in the middle of Mark’s Gospel, we heard Jesus ask his disciples who everyone thought that he was. Some people thought he was Elijah, the prophet … Read more
The Confirmation students talked about corroborating evidence for Jesus and the Bible. This is evidence that helps confirm what the Bible says. One example, is the word, “politarchs” (city officials in some translations). Luke uses this word but it wasn’t found in any official Roman documents. Eventually, there was a first-century arch that was found … Read more