Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you see and hear. – Acts 2:33 Life for the disciples of Jesus was no doubt marred with questions in the days following his ascension into Heaven. Much […]
Category: Sacred Roots
The 50th Day – Shavuot and Pentecost – Inseparable and Eternally Linked
Fire on the Mountain The festival of Shavu’ot superimposes the giving of the Spirit in Jerusalem over the giving of the Torah at Sinai. The two events are forever inseparably linked. SHAVUOT Sundown until Daybreak of Pentecost. On that day at Mount Sinai, there was wind; there was lighting; there was thunder; there was smoke; […]
Celebrating 70 Years of Zion, Praying the Psalms and Anti-Semitism, Still?
Recently, I had the great honor of participating in a Priestly Blessing over a house of worship at which I minister frequently, and I was delighted at the conversation the priest brought up regarding the Hebrew traditions and the Christian faith. It was his belief that until a Christian comes to an understanding of the […]
Divine Mercy in the Omer
How beautiful is the gift of divine mercy falling in the weeks between Passover and Pentecost? The Lord already has given us so many gifts in the gift of his dying and resurrection and the fulfillment of the scriptures, yet here he is once more, pouring forth his goodness in divine revelation! And it’s not […]
WHAT’S WITH THE FLIPPIN’ PANCAKES?
It’s SHROVE TUESDAY! This day gets its name from the word “shrive” meaning “to absolve” and marks the last day before the liturgical season of Lent, which is observed by an overwhelming majority of Christians during the 40 days preceding Easter. Like the Feasts of the Old Testament, it too is a prefigure of the […]