Out of touch with the world, in touch with God
By Jackie Morfesis Photo by CRISTIANO DE ASSUNCAO on Unsplash In this season of political change and upheaval, many in our cities and...
One nation? Under God? Indivisible?
By Joseph Stringer Photo by Jon Sailer on Unsplash “If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone...
The Cristo Rey way to educate your children
By Mercury Staff Image courtesy Cristo Rey A new Catholic high school for low-income students is coming to the greater Charleston...
Cathedral Hymns and the rebirth of an Advent carol
Album cover design by Meg Schlabs at Wizardly.co In conjunction with Holy City Hymns, Cathedral Hymns has released a new recording of the...
True Vine Wreath
Dorothy Porcher Holland Photo by Zbynek Burival on Unsplash I am the vine, you are the branches, whoever abides in me, and I in him, will...
A Man Under Authority
“For I too am a man under authority…” (Matthew 8: 9a) “The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes,...
Idols
“But the serpent said to the woman, ‘You will not die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be...
Ancestral ashes — but not defeat
There are times when falsehood is so glaring, so blatant, that our only response must be with the blinding light of scripture. Recently,...
Farewell but never goodbye
“So Abram went, as the Lord had told him;” — Genesis 12:4a My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I thank God and our Lord Jesus Christ for...
What are the pandemic and social unrest teaching us?
Lifeline The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?...
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