So where does the word Christmas come from anyway? Well, it’s simply the words “Christ” and “Mass” put together. Christ – referring to Jesus Christ – means “Anointed.” And the “Mass” in Christianity is the celebration of the Eucharist – Jesus’ body and blood made present (also known as the Lord’s Supper…instituted by Christ at [...]
The Pilgrims and Native Americans were onto something with this whole giving thanks thing. But they were by no means the first to do it. It was actually a common practice by many of the Native Americans already. They would give thanks every year for the harvest – the food that sustained them for the [...]
I was at a movie theater looking for a seat. I eyed some open chairs past a row of people. As I approached the row of chairs, I felt this overwhelming urge to drop down to one knee and make the sign of the cross. Luckily, I stopped before embarrassing myself too much. But it [...]
The first part of this article tried to put denominational Christianity into proper perspective and suggested, above all, that Jesus created one, organized, visible, authoritative Church. I also suggested that when we put aside our own cultural predispositions to denominational Christianity, that the one Church that Jesus founded seems to look like the Catholic Church [...]
