Mardi Gras is a French expression meaning Fat Tuesday. It refers to the last day of indulgence allowed before Christians begin their fasting season of Lent. Ash Wednesday traditionally serves as a ...
Reformation season is a time for much accusing of ancestors, from Columbus to Thomas Jefferson, now remembered as slavers, or, to be relevant, Luther, for his call for violence against rebelling ...
Last Friday we started looking into the biblical way to respond to the truth that Jesus is God’s Son. Paul clarified that in Acts 20:20-21: “I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was ...
The bounty Allah The Almighty granted the Muslims is great and His mercy upon us is vast. He facilitated repentance for us and did not make it hard as it was for the Children of Israel as Allah The ...
Last Friday, we started looking at our appropriate response to the gospel proclamation of Christ’s work of atonement. Paul clarified how we should respond to the gospel when he summarized his ministry ...
Sunday, Feb. 18, is the First Sunday of Lent (Year B). Mass Readings: Genesis 9:8-15; Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15 The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained ...
All perfect praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. The ...
When I am asked what I think our first spiritual duty is regarding abortion, I have an answer that surprises most people. Many think I will suggest that prayer is our first spiritual duty. And of ...
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on Sept. 15 and ends at sundown on Sept. 17. A time of renewal and atonement, Rosh Hashanah ushers in Judaism’s High Holy Days, which culminate on ...