by Fr. Alex Osei | Dec 5, 2021 | Advent, Spiritual Advisor
2nd Sunday of Advent Year C Baruch 5: 1-9, Phil 1: 4-6,8-11, Luke 3: 4. 6 Sometimes when people point out something that is wrong with us, we see what they are saying, recognize it as true but proceed to do nothing about it. Recognizing the truth does not compel us to...
by Timothy Redinger | Nov 28, 2021 | Advent
A Knights Hope This weekend, as we light the first purple candle of the Advent wreath in anticipation of the coming of the Christ child, we focus on the virtue of hope. As described in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, hope is the confident expectation of divine...
by Timothy Redinger | Nov 15, 2021 | Knights of St. John, Ohio Grand, SSC Conventions
On the weekend of November 12, 2021-November 14, 2021, the men of the Supreme Subordinate Commandery (USA) met in Columbus, Ohio. The meeting was to conduct its second biannual convention and to include elect new officers. The meeting took place at the Embassy Suites...
by Timothy Redinger | Nov 9, 2021 | John the Baptist
Today marks a special day on the Roman Calendar. Today we celebrate the dedication of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. While most around the world are more familiar with the papal presence at St. Peter’s, the Lateran Basilica is actually the seat of the...
by Timothy Redinger | Nov 3, 2021 | Knights of St. John, The Roman Catholic Man
Words are very powerful instruments. Consider the words that Christ spoke while suffering on the cross. The pain and agony that he must have been in while dying at the hands of the Romans, after hours of torture. The struggle that He would have gone through to muster...
by Timothy Redinger | Sep 8, 2021 | Blessed Mary
One of the three nativities celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church, today we celebrate the birth of the image of the perfect church, Mary most Holy. We know very little of the life of Mary prior to The Annunciation. What we do know of Mary prior to this comes from...
by Timothy Redinger | Sep 3, 2021 | In Requiem, Knights of St. John
The Catholic funeral service is a way to honor and respect the dead. We say goodbye to our loved ones, and entrust them into the care of God’s merciful hands. While taking a somber tone, it is more of a celebration of life in a final farewell, knowing that one...
by Anthony Ryan | Sep 2, 2021 | Knights of St. John, Michigan Grand, The Roman Catholic Man
Last week, 2nd Lieutenant Jakub Kubas, Field Officer, and 1st Lieutenant Anthony Ryan, President & Commander, of St. Thomas the Apostle Commandery 973 served with honor at the request of the committee of the Festival of King St. Louis IX and The Oratory of Saints...
by Timothy Redinger | Aug 31, 2021 | Buffalo Grand, Michigan Grand, The Roman Catholic Man
This past July we celebrated with great joy the establishment of a new commandery in Ann Arbor, Michigan. That is not the only celebrating that we are doing this year. Recently the men of Commandery 387 St. John Vianney – Orchard Park, NY began...
by Timothy Redinger | Aug 29, 2021 | John the Baptist
Today we celebrate one of the feasts of our patron saint. After solemnized on June 24th the joyous birth of John the Baptist, today the Church honors his glorious birth into heaven. In a sense, we as Knights commemorate this day each morning when we recite the Knights...
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