Source: Fr Lawrence Farley's Blog When Mary of Nazareth first emerged from her mother as a newborn infant and uttered her first newborn cries, few then present could have had any inkling what that child would mean to human history.
Our parish is inviting parishioners, family members, friends and neighbors to our annual Parish Picnic on Sunday, September 17. The day will begin with the Divine Liturgy at 9:30am, with picnic starting approximately 12:00pm at our our Picnic Field at the end of Van Pelt Place ( a block away from the church). Join us and tell your friends, tell your friends! DonationsWe are also accepting donations towards covering the cost of preparing the picnic. You can donate in church or online (click here to see more, in the "Add specific instructions" field, please indicate "PICNIC")
Porn kills love. Porn kills your brain. Porn kills your soul. Resist the temptation and raise awareness. Source: Ancient Faith Blogs - Fr Lawrence Farley In this final post of the series we will look at the category of clean versus unclean in the Christian Faith, and its difference from the use of that category in religion. The category of “clean versus unclean” is basic to religion.
Source: Ancient Faith Blogs - Fr Lawrence Farley In previous posts (parts one & two) in this series we looked at the difference between the Christian Faith and all the other religions, and suggested that the main difference lay in the fact that Christianity was not a religion, but rather the saving presence of Christ in the world, and through His Spirit, our participation in the powers of the age to come. We Christians share certain external similarities with the religions, but these external similarities can mask the inner meanings of the things we seem to share. In reality, everything in Christianity is different from the religions.
Sunday sermon on the day of All American Saints. Loosely based on the Sunday Gospel reading of Matthew 4:18-23, but mostly on the modern phenomenon of tolerance that is slowly degrading our society.
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