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The Voice in the Desert by James Tissot

Advent 4 – Rorate Coeli

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Trinity 14

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Ascension is not departure

Ascension of Jesus Christ by Daniel Mitsui

The Feast of the Asension is a celebration of Jesus’ ascension into the heavens, and His return to the Father in glory. We give thanks that Christ is exalted and reigns in full divine power as He sits at the right hand of God. As we await Jesus’ glorified, bodily, and visible return from the heavens, we pray that Jesus’ continued presence in Word and Sacrament continually dwells in our hearts and minds….For more, click on the title above.

The Way

Today we have a Feast day to celebrate St. Philip and St. James – but what do we really know about these two called disciples of Jesus.
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The ascended Christ and the earthbound church

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We have this attitude about us sometimes, don’t we, when we’re approaching the apostles within the Scriptural narrative, that we are supposed to find a way to fold ourselves into them. That is, we’re supposed to identify with the apostles in some kind of Christological way. I can say that our lives are supposed to be cruciform, that is, grafted into Christ’s pattern of suffering and exemplifying His love. But that’s done through the power of the Holy Spirit and was a clear promise from the Father echoing throughout both the Old and the New Testaments. We have no such promise regarding the apostolic life. …For more, click on the title above.