(via catholic-inspiration)
Onk! Onk!
Ongk is the sound of a goose.
Ankh is on the pharaoh’s tomb.
Önk, önk is the horn of my red jellybean car.
The Jesus Prayer, 1/3
It is Epiphany Sunday, one of my favorite days of the Church calendar! Today reminds us that God does amazing things with questionable material. He welcomes pagans, Magi, to seek and uses them to spread the word of the Savior’s birth. He uses dust to create human life (whether you believe this literally or metaphorically), and he uses all those messy, flawed people in the Old Testament to do incredible things.
1954 Carol Service in King’s College Chapel
Simply Orthodox ☦: Let's make the "nun" tab as it should be!
Dear Orthodox and Catholic Christians,
I have noticed again, with a great sadness that the “nun” and “nuns” tabs are under attack (again). Whoever visits it isn’t seeing the beauty of monasticism but porn. It’s so sad, and it can be harmful to the souls of all those who visit it simply by…
Monday I was honored and thrilled to be in audience to a smart lady, Sister Mary Michael Fox. I learned a great deal and left feeling very blessed and with mind filled with things to think about. The nuns, pastors, monks, and teachers who devote their entire lives to seeking God can teach us so much!
