Today’s Gospel is helpful. We need to do what the deaf man did: seek out Jesus. We need to go off with him, away from the crowd; spend time in his healing presence and give Jesus a chance to touch our hearts. We need to open our ears to his word and use our mouths […]
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Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat for the Post Abortive Healing Ministry
FOR HEALING AFTER ABORTION, a Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat, sponsored by Church of the Epiphany, will be held Oct 12-14, 2018. This retreat is for women and men who have known regret, sorrow, guilt, or shame from abortion. The weekend combines living scripture meditations, spiritual exercises, and discussions in a guided process that leads to the […]
Question of the Week – September 2
The goal of the Pharisees’ external rituals was to keep the people mindful of their duty to God and neighbor while immersed in the details of daily life. Jesus knew that even the best intentions can become corrupted. They can become substitutes for devotion to God while our hearts are occupied with thoughts that promote […]
Question of the Week – August 26
In today’s Gospel, Jesus offers the gift of the Eucharist, but He will not force people to accept it. Some depart because the acceptance of the Bread of Life and all that it entails is too challenging. It will cause them to have to change their lives in ways which they are not willing to […]
Question of the Week – August 19
The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist is indeed a mystery of faith. In a world where answers to questions and explanations of how things work can be researched in an instant, it can be difficult to sit with such a mystery. Jesus becoming man, raising the dead, healing the sick, multiplying loaves and […]
A Letter from Bishop Knestout
Question of the Week – August 12
Today’s Gospel focuses our attention on our faith in Jesus’ presence in the Eucharist. Jesus is the bread of life. He gives us his Body and Blood as bread so that we may have eternal life. When we receive the Body and Blood of Jesus in the Eucharist, our lives begin to reflect the reality […]
Question of the Week – August 5
How many times have you said “prove it to me”? This is basically what the crowds are saying to Jesus today – “Prove it to us. Give us a sign that we might believe in you.” Every day God gives us signs that he loves us, cares for us, forgives us, and is with us. […]
Question of the Week – July 29
Just as Jesus transformed the small boy’s simple gifts of five barley loaves and two fish into a feast for thousands, so he transforms our simple gifts of bread and whine into a spiritual feast for all, the bread of life and the cup of salvation. The way the Lord works in the Eucharist is […]
Question of the Week – July 22
The Gospels often refer to Jesus’ going to quiet places in order to pray – and this is a habit that he obviously wishes to inculcate in his disciples. They are sent out to preach and to heal – but in order to sustain that, they need themselves to be refreshed and, where necessary, healed. […]
