• Free to Live in Peace

    In Sunday’s homily, Fr. Jerome Leckband reminded us that the Ten Commandments were not given to enslave us, but to guide those already set free. Just as God rescued Israel from Egypt before giving them the law, so He sets us free from sin through Holy Baptism before calling us to live holy lives. The… Read more

  • Let down the nets for a catch!

    On this Fifth Sunday after Trinity, our Gospel lesson from Luke 5:1-11 points us to the reality of Christ within the boat of the Church and His command to His disciples (which includes all Christians) to let down the nets for a catch by striving to catch men with the Gospel. In our baptisms we… Read more

  • Repentance is God’s Work

    Repentance is God’s gracious work—His seeking, finding, and restoring of the lost—and yet it is a resistible work of God. Like the lost sheep or coin (Luke 15:1-10), we cannot find ourselves; God must bring us to repentance and faith through His appointed means: Word, Sacrament, and the ministry of the Church. Just as we… Read more

  • Feast of Sts. Peter & Paul

    Today (June 29) is the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, the holy apostles “through whom we have received the beginning of our religion,” as we prayed during Mass in the ancient Collect of the Day. In Ephesians 2:20, we hear that as those who have been made members of the household of God, we… Read more

  • Do we venerate the Body and Blood of Christ in the Eucharist?

    For about eight hundred years, the Church has dedicated the Thursday after Holy Trinity Day to be a feast day dedicated entirely to the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist. This past Thursday, then, was that feast day–the Feast of Corpus Christi, also known as the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. In the… Read more

  • Whoever desires to be saved must, above all, hold the catholic faith…

    This past Sunday was the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. One of the fixtures of this day in the liturgical year is the Church’s recitation of the Athanasian Creed, an ancient statement of faith that helps us confess in great detail the biblical doctrine of who God is–Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. During Divine… Read more