Appreciating Pentecost Season and Pentecostalism
Pentecost is the Greek term for the Israelite festival of wheat harvest. The word Pentecost (meaning “fiftieth”) comes from the fact that the feast was held fifty days after Passover. Whereas Pentecost Sunday is a day of commemorating or celebrating the coming of the Holy Spirit on those disciples waiting in Jerusalem ten days after […]
Easter Message- Christ’s Resurrection Guarantees the Believer’s Resurrection
Only He who created life can resurrect it after death.
Windows on the Passion
Passion is from the Latin ‘passio’, meaning ‘suffering’. Passiontide or Passion Week is the commemoration of the sufferings of Jesus Christ during the last week before Easter. Passion Sunday begins the Holy Week which is the last week of Lent. It is sometimes called the passion-tide. Palm Sunday is the passion Sunday, and it is […]
St. Valentine: Patron Saint of Romance and Courtly Love
St. Valentine has been associated with courtly love and romance; however, little is known about this celebrated figure. Like other legends, it is thought he was a fourth-century Roman who was martyred during the reign of Claudius II. His feast day, on 14 February, collides with the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia (a pagan festival […]
Ashes: A Symbol of Repentance
The first day of Lent is called Ash Wednesday. The name Ash Wednesday comes from the smudge of ashes placed on the foreheads of the Priest and parishioners to remind them of the need for repentance and as a symbol of their mortality (Genesis 3:19). Ashes in the Bible are a sign of repentance and […]
Mind Your Manners
Photo Credit: Jack Hollingsworth/Photodisc/Getty Images Manners at the table are a small but significant part of politeness, respectability and civility. Children and adults need the reinforcement of good table manners that can occur only when a family eats together regularly. The need is certainly great. Just watch school children eat among themselves or even with adults […]