Angels, answer me,are you near if rain should fall?Am I to believeyou will rise to calm the storm?For so great a treasure words will never do.Surely, if this is, promises are mine to give you.mine to give…Here, all too soon the day!Wish the moon to fall and alter tomorrow.I should …
The gospel reading from John 1:47–51 is not really about angels but about Jesus as the new Jacob’s Ladder. How it got paired with the reading from Daniel or Revelation for the Feast of the Archangels is something for experts to explain.
In the New Testament, angels are seldom mentioned. In …
Death is repulsive. It is not something one wishes for. Yet from the words of Job we encounter a sobering reality — a reality that we find in those who commit suicide: that life can become so unbearable that death is sought after.
Why is light given to the toilers,and life …
Reading I: Job 19:21-27
Resp. Psalm: Psalm 27:2-9,13-14
Gospel Reading: Matthew 18:1-5,10
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones,
for I say to you that their angels in heaven
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Gather round everyone I’ll tell you it’s a time to help a friend there’s much love in the world so share it all around and together we’ll win in the …
