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Article for the March edition of The Hillside Messenger The Way of the Cross For some people, to celebrate Easter without observing Lent and Holy Week is much more sensible and spiritually far less demanding. For them, resurrection seems more plausible when linked with spring, fertility and Easter bunnies. But Read more…

Article for the February edition of The Hillside Messenger   The approach of Lent every year poses the questions of how best we shall keep a holy Lent and how constructively we shall use this penitential season of the Church’s year to deepen our prayer life and our love for Read more…

Advent and Christmas 2017   Hark! A thrilling voice is sounding; “Christ is nigh,” it seems to say; “Cast away the works of darkness, O ye children of the day.”   This opening stanza of Hymn 9 of the 1940 Hymnal is from Edward Caswall’s translation of a Latin hymn Read more…

Newsletter Article for November 2017 “All Saints’ Day” The Collect   O ALMIGHTY God, who has knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord; Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, Read more…

St. Luke the Evangelist our Patron Saint   Wednesday October 18th is the Festival of St. Luke the Evangelist and Patron Saint of our Parish. To the glory of God and in commemoration of St. Luke, I intend to celebrate Holy Communion in the Chapel at 7:00 p.m. on that Read more…

Article for the September issue of The Hillside Messenger   “The Effects of Christ’s Light shining into the Soul”   In this month’s article, I turn to the Lord Jesus Christ’s sayings about the lamp of the body: No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a Read more…

Article for the August edition of The Hillside Messenger “Reflections on the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ” On Sunday August 6th, the Church celebrates the Festival of the Transfiguration of the Lord Jesus Christ. In this article, I offer some reflections on the meaning of this Festival for Christians Read more…

“The Church’s Intercession for All in Authority” At a time when our nation celebrates its Independence (July 4th), it is important for me to encourage you all to persevere in your daily ministry of intercession for our President, Donald Trump, as well as all who hold positions of authority in Read more…

Article for the June edition of The Hillside Messenger   “The presence of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church today.” How is the Holy Spirit active in the life of the Church today? This is a question which can be answered in a variety of ways, as Read more…

Newsletter Article for the May edition of The Hillside Messenger “Easter and the Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ” Eastertide in the church’s calendar of liturgical seasons represents the time from the Lord Jesus Christ’s resurrection until his ascension into heaven. It is a time during which the risen Lord Read more…