I missed it and you probably also missed it. The church calendar lists October 7th as Our Lady of the Rosary Day. Each member attending the October general council meeting […]
Number 14 August 2024 The Broadway musical, Fiddler on the Roof was based on a book by the same title, which in turn was based on several folk tales. […]
Number 13 July 2024 While browsing through the various books at my house I came across a small volume titled “Great Quotes from Great Leaders.” When it arrived and […]
Lecture 12 June 2024 John Donne (1571- 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary later becoming a cleric in the Church of England. In 1621 he was appointed […]
Number 10 April 2024 Did you get to see it? Perhaps experience it is more accurate. Seeing photos of an eclipse or watching a program about an eclipse on TV […]
Lecture #9 – March 2024 RESPECT The title of a popular song by Aretha Franklin and others. Respect is defined as a noun meaning (1) a feeling of deep […]
February, 2024 Number 8 February 2024 On January 1 I performed the annual ritual of removing all our 2023 calendars and replacing them with 2024 calendars. Each page has a […]
Epiphany Sunday, January 7th marks the end of the Christmas season. Christian tradition has the season of Christmas lasting twelve days. This would normally be January 6th but the sixth […]
Number 6 December 2023 ‘Tis the season to be jolly as it is often said. It is a time for Christmas trees and holly, a time for eggnog, hot cider, […]
Lecture Number 5 – November 2023 In the church year the month of November begins with All Saints Day followed by All Souls Day. October ends with what is now called […]
Lecture 4 October 2023 Most of you, my brother Knights, went through your initiation into the degrees (first/ second/ third) of our order years ago. Some of us went through […]
Lecture 3 September 2023 It was in the Spring and early Summer of 1776 when fifty-six men came together in Philadelphia to decide the future of the thirteen British colonies […]
As we wrote about in last month’s lecture, the images from the James Webb Telescope inspires us to turn our hearts and minds to a loving God who created us […]
(Part One)“Unless I believe, I shall not understand” (St. Anselm) Most of us have seen the recent pictures from the James Webb Telescope that marvelously exposes the millions of galaxies […]
Time flies and all things pass. Glory fades and the young become old. This is the cycle of life. So why do so many of us live with our eyes […]
In the fight of life vs abortion, one of the many battles of good vs evil, life has landed a devastating counterpunch. The […]
In the next few weeks or months the United States Supreme Court will decide whether there is a constitutional right for a woman […]
What is wrong with today’s world? Since Cain killed Abel, life has always dealt more harshly with some than others. This historical fact, with its uneven and unfair outcomes, has […]
The Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ was the completion of His mission and His life here on earth. From that point on the conclusion of our own earthly […]
The purpose of the family is to form a unit that loves one another and loves children within the all-embracing protection, instruction and love of God. When Caesar Augustus […]
Praise Be to the Lord Jesus Now and Forever! Scripture says we are baptized to be born again in order to be participants in the struggle for eternal salvation. Who […]
Let us begin with renewed hope and much prayer that the coming New Year finds us on our knees and back into the arms of Jesus with His Gospel at […]
Jesus was born and Divine Mercy entered the world. As we begin the six week holiday season, we are once again drawn into the main purpose for the coming of […]
“FAITH IS THE ASSURANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE CONVICTION OF THINGS UNSEEN” Hebrews: 11-1 Good and evil, salvation and damnation, life and death, sin and redemption. The age-old […]
“Jesus didn’t ask Paul: “Why do you persecute My Church? He asked: “Why do you persecute me?” […]
‘Lord, you bring the dead to life and what is broken you restore.’ Pontius Pilate sarcastically asked Jesus: “what is the truth?” Verily, verily (truthfully) I tell you, everyone […]
In man’s never-ending search for the truth, some very “smart” and famous people have made fools of themselves. Voltaire, a French atheistic philosopher, predicted that “in a hundred years there […]
“…and the servants of the king, Nebuchadnezzar, told him that therewere certain Jews who are province administrators that have paid noattention to you; they will not serve your god or […]
