The Christian Faith
This section of the website provides more extended teaching on larger content areas, such as the Creed and the Sacraments. It begins with Introduction·to the Christian Faith. More content will be added in due course.
The section entitled Short Talks comprises stand-alone talks and articles on different aspects of the Christian Faith, including the teaching of Jesus, the seasons of the Church’s Year and Feasts and Festivals.·
Ceremonial customs
Today we’re going to talk about some ceremonial customs in the Church and their meaning.
Preparation and thanksgiving for Communion
Just as Jesus gave his whole self for us on the Cross, so in the Holy Communion he gives his whole Self to us in the Blessed Sacrament, and so we have to make our whole selves ready for him. That means our preparation must include our soul, our mind and our body.
The Requiem
Prayers for the departed
Judas Maccabaeus
In the year 168 BC the pagan King of Syria tried to force the Jews to give up their religion and, when they refused, launched a terrible persecution against them. But the Jews were fortunate in having the greatest warrior in their history to lead them, Judas Maccabaeus, that is, Judas the Hammer. After one successful battle, when the Jews were taking up the bodies of the fallen in order to give them a proper burial, they found that they had been wearing, hidden secretly under clothes, little charms made in the form of pagan idols.