A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
Christ is risen! Click here to check out today’s Daily Vitamin video message. In Christ, Fr. Jason Houck
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
“We know that God works in everything for the good for those who love Him.” —Romans 8:28 I polled a certain household of six individuals asking each of them the following question: “During this pandemic and the difficulties that you have experienced, what is one good...
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
Christ is Risen! On this beautiful Bright Tuesday, brothers and sisters, with the glory and aura of the Lord’s Resurrection so freshly radiating in our souls, I wish to share with you the penetrating and profound words of St. Justin Popovich, a Serbian Orthodox...
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
Dear St. Mary’s Family, Christ is Risen! As you enjoy Bright Week, it is traditional to replace your daily prayers with the beautiful Paschal Hours–click here. Also, to see the Daily Vitamin video, click here. Christ is risen!Fr. Jason...
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
“Peace be with you!”John 20: 19, 21, 26 In C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, all of the mythic land of Narnia is thrilled when the mighty lion Aslan reappears after a long absence. Their joy turns to sorrow, however, when Aslan concedes to a demand...
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
Christos Anesti – Christ is Risen! Jesus Christ:The Wisdom and Power of God The universe, astronomers tell us, is made up of a hundred million galaxies, each with a hundred million stars. Our telescopes and satellite probes tell us of a cosmos without borders, without...
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
Great and Holy SaturdayThe Sign of Jonah We look for crocuses as a sign of spring. We look for clouds as a sign of rain. As we behold the sealed tomb of Christ, as all mortal flesh falls silent on this Great and Holy Sabbath, what signs should we be looking for? On...
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
Great FridayOn the night when He gave Himself… Behold, this Child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed…so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed. (Luke 2:34-35) Today the prophecy of the elder Simeon is...
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
Great and Holy Thursday‘Do this in remembrance of Me…’ Memory is at the heart of the service of Great and Holy Thursday – Our Lord’s inauguration of the Eucharist, or Holy Communion, in the Upper Room. What is more, it is a very special kind of memory. We all know...
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
Great and Holy Wednesday‘Keep awake…for you know not the day or the hour’ The earthly ministry of Our Lord was marked by powerful declarations about the nature and reality of the Kingdom of God through parables and exhortations like the Sermon on the Mount. So too in...
