To whom is salvation promised? In whom do the Saints find joy and rest? What does a faithful community look like?

“I thank God upon my every remembrance of you.”

These are the words which begin St. Paul’s address to the Church at Phillipi. And they are followed by all manner of confident and joyful proclamations from the Great Apostle concerning both their conduct, and their trajectory.

Today Fr. Patrick discusses salvation, and direction. And the proper context for trusting in God’s promises.

~ Whence an arrow is pointed, there it shall fly.

The Lord will surely come, and will not tarry. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will manifest himself to all nations.

Why must so much be hidden from us? Truth is often so shrouded in mystery, and buried beneath symbols and types, that we can hardly see it at all.

Fr. Patrick takes on the device of parable itself today, and sheds some light on darkness as a vessel for the truth.

The Day of Candlemas. When at long-awaited last the Ancient of Days returns to his Temple in Jerusalem. He who came down to Moses in a Pillar of Wind and Flame again meets face to face with the keeper of the sacred doors.…

As Salvation himself is cradled and presented, the First Age looks upon him with peace. At long last his time has run its course; and the darkened eyes of the Old Man find rest in the Light of the New.

“If God is good, why is there evil?” “If God is all-knowing, how has an enemy snuck something by him?” These questions have plagued Christians since the very beginning, and can be not only disheartening, but destructive to our faith if we are not careful. Today Fr. Patrick presents the answer the Lord himself gives in the Scriptures; along with some hope-filled refreshment for the long road of life.