How to make an icon
Have you ever wondered how icons are made?
"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
Have you ever wondered how icons are made?
I thought we’d head back to eastern chant for the next few Mondays. Here’s the “Christ is risen!”:
Christ is risen from the dead,
trampling down death by death,
and on those in the tombs bestowing life!
I went to Vigil Mass last night and we were up late afterwards celebrating with the new members of the Church.

As a result, I didn’t get to Byzantine Liturgy this morning, which meant that I missed out on hearing St. John Chrysostom’s Pascal Homily. For those of you that don’t know, in the Byzantine Church, this Fourth Century homily is read by the priest at the Liturgy every Easter Day.
Since I didn’t get to hear it today, I decided to read it myself and put it up here for you all to enjoy. Christos anesti! Alithos anesti!
Pascal Homily (Download)
If you’ve read this blog for a while, it’ll be no secret that I’m a big fan of Archbishop Fulton Sheen. I recently found out something I didn’t know about Grandpa Sheen, that the FBI kept a file on him. Interested in knowing the contents? Please click on the image below..
I wonder if all those files had “JMJ” written in the top corner too… 😉
I’ve written before about the lost art of opening doors for ladies and today I wanted to briefly mention something else which is becoming increasingly rare…

The audio-only version of the latest episode in the Philippians video series is now available to download below.
Today we continue complete our study of Philippians.
Epistle of Joy – Episode #19 (Download)