There are innumerable pieces of art around the Holy City. Art of all kinds: paintings, sculptures, mosaics, stained glass windows, metal work, wood work, on and on. Today I am going to share some of the artistic renderings of Christ …
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Visual Devotions for Holy Week – Monday
Today I am going to share more pictures of the Mount of Olives and of Jerusalem, as they relate to what happened on Palm Sunday.
Readings for Monday of Holy Week: Matthew 21:18-22:46, Mark 11:12-19, Luke 20:1-47, John 12:20-36
This …
Visual Devotions for Holy Week – Palm Sunday
Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday. On this day, we remember when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, with the crowds shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” Hosanna is a Hebrew expression meaning “Save!”—and Jesus certainly is the …
Visual Devos for Holy Week
As we turn the corner into Palm Sunday and Holy Week, I must confess, my mind is elsewhere– literally. I’m sitting in the airport in Zurich, just about ready to board the plane for Rome. My daughter, Sarah, is studying …
Lent: No Easy Easter
CHICAGO, IL (March 20, 2009) – John Weborg is Professor Emeritus of Theology at North Park Theological Seminary and a longtime columnist for The Covenant Companion. Each week during Lent, we are sharing one of his columns that originally …
John and Charles Wesley
March 3, the Church recognizes and remembers the work of John and Charles Wesley.
I first encountered Charles Wesley while delivering newspapers when I was 12. It was a cold winter morning, still dark. I was out, alone, crunching …
Lent: Standing By Your Word
CHICAGO, IL (February 25, 2009) – John Weborg is Professor Emeritus of Theology at North Park Theological Seminary and a long-time columnist for The Covenant Companion. Each week during Lent, we are sharing one of his columns that originally …
Pray this Week (on call)
As used in The Divine Hours and The BCP:
Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the
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Prayer for the Week
Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant that your people, illumined by your Word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ’s glory, that he may be known, worshipped, and obeyed
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Feast of the Holy Family
During Christmas, we think a lot about family. For some, this focus is painful and difficult. We lift you up to the Lord.
For others, it generates joy and thanksgiving.
For the family of Jesus, well, Christmas was an ordeal: …
