Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Holy Pentecost For my ancient commentary about Pentecost, you might want to go back to Posts 66, 67 and 68. Just scroll down on the far right to May, 2018. The Kneeling Prayers I do not understand. Pentecost is one of the Great Feasts, a beautiful day in and of itself. We celebrate Pentecost Week […]
Read More »Here is the most peculiar part of the Ascension story: At the end of his Gospel account of the Ascension, Luke tells us that afterwards the apostles “returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple praising and blessing God.” Luke 24:52-53 That’s the last thing we would have expected. I mean, Jesus […]
Read More »Here are two saints commemorated together on May 16. However, other than that they could not be more different. One a little girl called Home early. The other a builder and adventurer, forever on the move. Blessed Musa of Rome This is a story both very sad and very beautiful. Musa lived in Rome in […]
Read More »I know… Some of you have heard these stories before. But some of you haven’t, and you really need to hear them. Besides, the good old stories always deserve re-telling. That’s why the Church year repeats itself, year after year after year. We’re doing two weeks on Saint Nicholas. Last week we covered the life […]
Read More »Everybody knows Saint Nicholas belongs in December – so what is he doing here in May? It’s because May 9 is a lesser and almost unknown feast day of Saint Nicholas, the day when… we’ll come to that. Keep reading. Over the past few years, I have sometimes referred you back to old posts about […]
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