‘Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.’ But he answered them, ‘An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah’. Mt 12: 38-40 There have been a few big-time summer thunderstorms in this area in the past week or two.…
You are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness—Ro 6:17 Last week we talked about the great news for Christians that we have a Good Shepherd who knows us intimately by name. That we his flock are protected by Christ from…
And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him. -1 Jn 5:14-15 Many of the great surviving churches and monasteries of the…
A lot of young people these days, including my son Narek are into graphic novels. They are sort of like a cross between a comic book and a novel, giving you a meaty story, but broken up and enhanced by great illustrations. I was a bit skeptical of the genre, thinking it was just marketing…
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. Mk 12:30 Are you a head person, a heart person or a gut person? This summarizes in one question our entire Lenten study using the spiritual personality typing of…
Life is full of turning points and so are our Holy Scriptures. There are always points in life where you might have gone one way or the other, and in choosing, things were never the same again. Or, as is often the case, we don’t choose events–sometimes events chose us. Alfred Nobel had one such…
[Jesus Christ] is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word.(He 1:3) More than twenty percent of adult Americans have a tattoo. That’s about 50 million people. Surprisingly, I have been called to consult on a couple tattoos. I’m asked questions…