We pray……
It’s About Trust In 1Kings 17:10-16, we meet a widow who used the last of her flour make bread for Elijah. It was all she had, but she believed the prophet when he told her it would be alright. And we meet another widow in Mark [...]
November 2024
Love
Mark 12:29-31 Tells us we are to love our God with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength, and our neighbor as ourselves. The Scripture does not say which person might be our neighbor, because all beings are our neighbors - no matter how similar [...]
October 2024
Try to Believe
In Mark 10:46-52, we have the story of the blind man asking Jesus to make him see. In this story, unlike some of the other healings, Jesus doesn’t do anything. Nothing. Instead he tells the man his own faith has saved him – and the man [...]
Do We Turn Away?
We may not often think about this, however, we are all called to ministry, be it official or unofficial. After reading the Gospel for today, Mark 10:17-30, we might want to ask ourselves: What must we sacrifice to answer God’s call to serve: money, time, possessions? [...]
Open Minds and Hearts?
Mark 10:15: 15 Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive God’s Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.” Children are often open, excited to learn, trusting, and innocent. When we read the Bible or listen to the message during worship [...]
September 2024
Voting as Faith in Action
Office of the Presiding Bishop September 29, 2024 “Render to Caeser the things that are Caeser’s, and to God the things that are God’s” (Mark 12:17) To the clergy and people of the Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch, peace, joy, and apostolic blessings. In a [...]
Psalm 19:12
Perhaps our constant prayer should be the words of Psalm 19:12, in which the psalmist acknowledges that he may do something wrong without realizing it and asks that these unknown [to him] mistakes be forgiven-taken from him. We are constantly interacting with so many people – [...]
Serving with Joy!
In Sunday’s gospel reading, Mark 9:30-37, we learned of the importance of service. We also learned of the importance of children. While they may not know the word, most children want to be of service – they want to help. Would that we, too, could be [...]
Only because…… or Just because?
If you go to church today, whether in person or on-line, you may hear the reading from Psalm 116. Listen closely to the first two verses. The psalmist tells the Lord he loves the Lord BECAUSE the Lord hears him. Aren't we to love God just [...]
Try again
In James 2:1-5 we receive the admonition to treat everyone the same. We know this, and we try to do so. And yet, so often human judgment takes over. Perhaps our task is to recognize when this is suddenly happening, to take a deep breath, and [...]