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Christus imperat, Christ commands (Sunday XIV of Ordered time)

“…the Church defends the sanctity of human life from the moment of conception in the womb of the mother, and until the moment of natural death…”

Ritual washings (Sunday XXII of Ordered time)

I think that one of the reasons the Pharisees and the disciples of Christ had so many arguments, as we are told by the gospel stories, is that they were both groups of orthodox Jews. And in the best tradition of the Jewish people, the Orthodox have a good old argument every now and againContinue reading “Ritual washings (Sunday XXII of Ordered time)”

The Old Testament and the New (Sunday III of Easter)

Let’s try to find a common thread for all of our readings at Mass this weekend. There is first of all the sermon of Saint Peter on the occasion of a miracle of healing performed upon a cripple in Christ’s Name. “Peter, when he saw it, addressed himself to the people; ‘Men of Israel,’ heContinue reading “The Old Testament and the New (Sunday III of Easter)”