by Alex Osei | Mar 19, 2023 | lent
Our Readings for today are concerned about our perception, how we see things and our inability to see things as they are. Most importantly, how we can see with the eyes of faith and understand with our hearts. “God does not see as man sees; man looks at appearances,...
by Alex Osei | Mar 12, 2023 | lent
We are in the third Sunday of Lent and how have you been responding to the invitation of Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving? The first reading talks about how the people quickly forgot about God’s intervention when they needed Him (God) and started complaining about...
by Alex Osei | Mar 5, 2023 | lent, Spiritual Advisor, Uncategorized
Journey of Life and Death One of the old images we still use to describe life is the “journey” that we all make from the womb to the grave. The image of the journey speaks of a passage through time and places. It is a journey which includes the people we have met, the...
by Alex Osei | Feb 26, 2023 | lent, Uncategorized
Theme: The Mystery of Freedom Today’s Gospel presents a familiar episode in the life of Jesus: the devil tempted Him when He was in the desert to prepare himself Spiritually for his ministry. The devil’s temptation focused on 3 crucial areas: Physical...
by Timothy Redinger | Feb 22, 2023 | lent
This reflection originally appeared in an email to Knights and Dames of the Holy Sepulchre, Eastern Lieutenancy and has been reprinted here for the Knights of St. John with permission from the authoring priest. Lenten Reflection As we begin yet another Lenten journey...
by Lawrence Ibe | Feb 5, 2023 | Knights of St. John
The District 4, New York Grand of the Knights of St John International held its rescheduled Quarterly Meeting on the 29th day of January, 2023 at the Blessed Sacrament, St Charles Borromeo in Newark, New Jersey. In the course of the normal business for the district,...
by Timothy Redinger | Dec 29, 2022 | Knights of St. John
It is a very special day whenever the Knights of St. John are gathered as a commandery for fellowship or liturgical events. Many of these gatherings are done to mark milestones for commanderies, grands, regiments, and individual members. Commandery 937 celebrated Mass...
by Alex Osei | Dec 4, 2022 | Advent
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT Last Sunday in our Advent preparation for Christmas, we looked first at the end of our journey to help us focus our minds more clearly on the meaning of Christmas and the meaning of God coming to live among us as one of us. In the 2nd part of...
by Alex Osei | Nov 27, 2022 | Advent
Happy New Year! Advent marks the beginning of a new year in the Church. This is a season of waiting. In our worship each week, we mark the passage of our time of waiting by lighting another candle on our Advent Wreath. These candles symbolize our faith in the coming...
by Alex Osei | Oct 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time The journey to the promised land, “a land flowing with milk and honey” was not an easy one. That particular land was not easy to occupy because there were other people living there. The Israelites were encountering their first opposition...
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