The image of Christ walking on water is very familiar. It is perhaps one of the less impressive miracles in scripture, in light of His more spectacular ones, and seeing as He is – after all – the Son of God. However, St Matthew’s description of this particular episode makes it a hard fit for [...]
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Walking on Water: The Reality of Faith (Part 1)
Posted in Religion on September 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Walking on Water: The Reality of Faith (Part 3)
Posted in Religion on September 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This post continues from “Walking on Water: The Reality of Faith (Part 2)”. This series examines the conflict between faith and doubt through the lens of the account of Peter walking on water towards Jesus presented in the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel according to St Matthew.
Walking on Water: The Reality of Faith (Part 2)
Posted in Religion on September 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This post continues from “Walking on Water: The Reality of Faith (Part 1)”. This series examines the conflict between faith and doubt through the lens of the account of Peter walking on water towards Jesus presented in the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel according to St Matthew.
The Power, the Glory, the Starkness
Posted in Religion, Uncategorized on April 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
At a Good Friday mass this afternoon, I remembered a scene described in Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh, which I recently finished. One of the themes in the story is the extinction of a deeply flawed and aristocratic Catholic family, the Marchmains, living in England during the interwar period. Recounting the aftermath of the matriarch’s [...]
iConfess
Posted in Cool Stuff, General Life, Religion on February 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
If you go to his Youtube channel, you’ll see that this dancing dude is in fact an ordained catholic priest. My first confession was on June 6th, 2008. I had been going to Sunday mass for a few months, and was slowly warming up to the idea of becoming confirmed as a Catholic – both [...]
A Psalm of Michelle
Posted in Cool Stuff, Religion on February 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Last weekend my girlfriend and I watched the ill-fated 2009 NBC series Kings. It is a loose depiction of the Old Testament stories surrounding King Saul and the future King David, set in a modern nation similar to the present-day United States. One scene that I gained a new appreciation for recently centers on Princess [...]
Happy New Year!
Posted in General Life, Religion on November 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I stepped into mass today completely forgetting that it was Advent, the start of the new year in the Catholic Church’s liturgical cycle. There’s been a lot of change in my life since last year. To be completely honest, looking back at 2010, I can’t help but feel that getting to last year’s Advent was [...]
The World’s Love
Posted in News/Opinions, Religion on November 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything here, as Uncle Sam has been keeping me busy since February. I stumbled upon something I was working on before I left Washington, and it seems to speak to where I am now. I want to complete it in case it speaks to some part of where [...]
That You May Have Life, and Have It to the Full
Posted in Religion on January 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
One of my most treasured memories is from last Easter’s Vigil Mass, when I was confirmed in the Church. I remember standing in the reserved pews up at the front of St. Stephen Martyr’s on Pennsylvania Avenue, during the long service, and marveling at what I was finally becoming a part of. St. Stephen’s is [...]
Truth has a Face
Posted in Religion, tagged Catholicism, Christ, Christ in Majesty, Communion, Eucharist, False gods, Jesus, National Shrine on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last fall, I visited the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC. It is a truly magnificent structure – the largest Roman Catholic church in North America, the eighth largest religious structure in the world, and the tallest building in our nation’s capitol. I had the great fortune to see it for the [...]
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