Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
How to approach the Fast Great Lent is upon us. Here’s the first principle: If during Lent you find yourself getting proud of your fasting… quick, eat some meat! Pride is much worse than breaking the Fast. Fasting is not what Lent is all about. The purpose of Lent is to bring us nearer to […]
Read More »Do you know that about 65% of Arabs in America are Christians? that about 85% of Arabs in the United States are American citizens? Do you know that most Muslims worldwide are not Arabs? that the 4 countries with the largest Muslim population are Indonesia, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, none of them Arab. Likewise Iran […]
Read More »… with apologies to Dr. Seuss and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”.. Candlemas is a Western title for the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, February 2. But ask Americans “What’s February 2?” and you’ll hear “Groundhog Day!” To understand this, first we need to grasp the tail of the groundhog … forgive […]
Read More »Both G.K Chesterton and T.S. Eliot said the purpose of travel is to return home and discover our native land again. Yes, and… The other purpose to travel is to learn a few things. Some of what I’ve heard and seen made me happy. Some made me very uncomfortable. But I shared this with my people […]
Read More »Who goes to Greece in January? We do! But before we leave, a recommendation: When you travel take along a small prayer book, a small New Testament and a copy of the daily Bible Readings. Or if you’ll have easy access to the internet the best site I know, beautifully laid out, is the American […]
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