The pretzel has a deep spiritual meaning for Lent. In fact, it was the ancient Christian Lenten bread as far back as the fourth century. In the old Roman Empire,...
Lent and the Pretzel
The Parables
When Jesus was with us on earth and ministering to his followers, he often told them stories called parables that would illustrate an important point. Jesus, knew that by telling...
Astonished at His Teaching
was as though God was standing there in front of them; indeed, God was. Jesus, the Word Incarnate, spoke words the people needed to hear: words of comfort, of freedom,...
Feast of St. Mark
all things in common at Jerusalem, so he recorded that he saw was done at Alexandria, under the learned Mark. He died in the eighth year of Nero and was...