Part 2: Mystical Communion Last week we began our investigation into Cardinal Dulles’ Models of the Church by looking at the Institutional Model. This week we will look at the “Mystical Communion Model”. The Mystical Communion model, proposed by Avery Dulles as one of his...
What is the Church? What is the Church? What do we mean when we say Church? The word can conjure up many images; a building where people come to pray, the Pope, the Saints, as well as many other images. To understand the Church, we must understand that She is both a gift and a...
Be Happy - Imitate God “Be holy, for I am holy” - Leviticus 19:2 Throughout Leviticus, God tells the Israelite people to be holy just like Him. This seems like an impossible task. Why can’t God just give the Israelites everything they need and then they’d be happy? Why...
Synod KickOff Event Guardian Angels was honored to host the first Synod Kickoff Event on January 17. With the Archbishop and over 500 people in our Church it was an evening of prayer, excitement, and instruction as we begin the process of preparing our Synod Evangelization Teams to...
There are ways of being crucified that do not involve rough wood or heavy nails, but a love beyond our capacity to love, which means a love that has been given to us by God…” ~ Catherine Doherty I am reminded every Lent that suffering – “the many ways...
The word Lent itself… means spring… Therefore, our 40-day spiritual preparation should be a new spring, whereby we prune ourselves of the dead wood of sin and imperfections, grow in grace and strengthen our faith. ~ Fr. William P. Saunders, Our Lady of Hope Church in Potomac...
Fan or Follower of Jesus? The first week of our School of Discipleship session, led by Jeff Cavins, made me realize something. Jesus is a really interesting dude and I’m a big fan. And I think that's a problem. I’ve heard the phrase “I like Jesus a lot, it’s his fan...
Never place a period where God places a comma. ~ Anonymous You always pass failure on the way to success ~ Anonymous I found it very intriguing this morning when two completely separate quote sources I went to when I started my day basically said the same...
When we receive Holy Communion, we experience something extraordinary - a joy, a fragrance, a well-being that thrills the whole body and causes it to exalt. ~ John Vianney Receiving Holy Eucharist connects us intimately with Christ’s great love and sacrifice for us. John...
Lenten Book Club - The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy Life through the lens of dying. Ivan Ilyich is a normal man who lives a normal life and thinks about normal things. And then, one day, Ivan learns that he has months to live. Months?! This isn’t fair! Normal people who live...
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