by Timothy Redinger | Dec 13, 2020 | Advent
Oh Gaudete Sunday, how I long for you to come every year. There are a great number of reasons to be excited when it comes to Gaudete Sunday. Living in the Northeast, it means I am one week closer to the end of Winter, God (and almost everyone else I know) knows that I...
by Anthony Ryan | Dec 12, 2020 | The Roman Catholic Man
It’s a common question that we ask ourselves, especially with all that is currently happening in His Church. From within the institutional Church there are certainly many terrible, dastardly things from which to choose. This is a common dilemma of Christians as they...
by Timothy Redinger | Dec 11, 2020 | Blessed Mary
Tomorrow we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, this year marking the 125th Anniversary of the Coronation under this title. If you are unfamiliar with the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in 1531 the Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego four times, requesting...
by Timothy Redinger | Dec 9, 2020 | Year of St. Joseph
On the same day that the universal church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, a day in which we look to the loving tenderness of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Francis declared the next year to be The Year of St. Joseph. The proclamation comes on the...
by Timothy Redinger | Dec 8, 2020 | Advent, Blessed Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace. At the very end of his earthly ministry, Jesus gives one final proclamation. In the Gospel of John, chapter 19, verses 25-29, Jesus makes a compassionate plea to a disciple that he loved behold his mother. Widows had nothing, no property, no...
by Timothy Redinger | Dec 6, 2020 | Advent
Closer and closer we come to the celebration of the birth of Jesus. All too often we rush through the season of preparation to get to the celebration. How many times have you seen a child on Christmas morning, or their birthday for that matter, rip open their presents...
by Timothy Redinger | Dec 1, 2020 | Advent, Spiritual Advisor
Brother Knights, The Season of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany beckons us, and we welcome its call even as we deal with stress, fatigue, worries and fear of living in these times of COVID 19 pandemic. The season invites us to go into one of the tender’s moments of...
by Timothy Redinger | Nov 30, 2020 | Saints
Today we take a pause on the liturgical calendar very early in the season of Advent to celebrate the Feast of St. Andrew, considered to be the first of the Apostles. Andrew provides us two very important lessons as Knights. This morning when we gathered for Morning...
by Timothy Redinger | Nov 29, 2020 | Advent
My brothers in Christ, Today marks the start of a new season in the Liturgical calendar, and the start of a new year. As we begin this season of Advent, there is much to look forward too. A sense of new beginnings is the first and foremost on the minds of everyone at...
by Timothy Redinger | Nov 26, 2020 | Holiday Greetings
My brothers in Christ, There are a great number of reasons for all of us to be thankful today. As we gather today with family and very close friends, let us not forget those who do not have. James 1:27 tells us that a pure religion, that is undefiled before God, takes...
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