Did You Know? (Sunday, March 15, 2020)
The vestments and linens of the church during Lent, are characterized by a very dark purple to demonstrate the penitential nature of the season, with a focus on the need […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, March 8, 2020)
That the ashes that are left over from Ash-Wednesday are not thrown away, they are mixed with dirt and sand and used at burials. (That is why the Priest says […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, March 1, 2020)
Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent – a period/time which the Christian Church uses for prayer, fasting, and spiritual preparation for Easter, in which we […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, February 23, 2020)
There are two traditions about the location of the Mount of Transfiguration. One tradition identifies it as Mount Tabor, south of the region of Galilee, on the northern edge of […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, February 16, 2020)
There are two distinct ways people use the idea of God’s law: Natural law: principles that can be rationally drawn from the way things are: Gravity for example, or cause […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, February 9, 2020)
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, February 2, 2020)
The temple, at which Jesus was presented in Jerusalem, was a magnificent building. Solomon had it built in about 960 B.C., but it was completely destroyed by the Babylonians in […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, January 26, 2020)
The ministers of the Church are lay persons, bishops, priests and deacons. The ministry of lay person is to represent Christ and His Church; to bear witness to Him wherever […]
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Did You Know (Sunday, January 19, 2020)
Infants are baptized so that through union with Christ, they may share in the New Covent and become heirs of God’s redemption. Promises are made for them by their parents […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, January 12, 2020)
Baptism is the sacrament by which God unites us with Christ, adopts us as His children and makes us members of Christ’s Body, the Church, and inheritors of the kingdom […]