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Is there such a thing as an ordinary meal with little or no sacramental value? When one thinks of the many people who routinely pick up something at a fast food place on the way to work, the answer seems to be Yes. However, the weight of anthropological and historical evidence is a resounding No....
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In Matthew’s Gospel, the Resurrection starts off with a bang in the form of an earthquake. It’s the sort of thing that grabs our attention and makes us take notice that something of great significance has happened. After this bang, the narrative in Matthew, not to speak of the other three gospels,...
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Pope Gregory I is a most fitting patron saint for an Episcopalian Benedictine monastery. After all, he is the one who sent a Roman mission to the English people in 597, arguably making him the founder of the English Church. One might wonder why Gregory would have been so concerned about an obscure...