marriage – Royal Doors

Apr

01

2017

Weddings and Wine

NewsCana, life, marriage, wine

Feb. 14, Tuesday: Mt. Tabor – Cana – Nazareth Drive to Cana of Galilee to visit the wedding Church, where Jesus performed the first of his signs, changing water to wine. Possibility of renewing Wedding Vows. Continue drive to Nazareth and visit the Basilica of the Annunciation starting with the Grotto of the Annunciation and the Church then we will visit the house of the Holy Family underneath the Church of St. Joseph. (Divine Liturgy will be held at the Annunciation Church). Lunch at Holy Land Restaurant in Nazareth. In the afternoon we will drive to Mount Tabor, the Mount…

Mar

10

2017

By Fr. Michael Bombak

Proverbs 6:20-7:1- Light the Hearth

Faithheath, love, lust, marriage

Glory be to Jesus Christ! This is the "sex-ed" talk which we often find lacking in some of our families and schools. We can picture here a concerned and wise father, sitting down with his son to counsel him on living a God-pleasing and successful life. Often times we make a big fuss about how normative sexual promiscuity has become in our culture (and we should!) and we think that somehow it has gotten much worse than in previous generations. Certainly it has gotten worse in some ways, especially with how easily we can beam pornography into our minds and…

Mar

08

2017

By Fr. Michael Bombak

Proverbs 5:15-6:3- The Woman of Your Youth

Faithidolatry, marriage, mr right

Glory be to Jesus Christ! Today, and on International Woman's Day no less, we read about the woman that Solomon, the writer of Proverbs according to Tradition, would council his son to take as his bride. It is very interesting to note the characteristics which he should chose her for because he doesn't state...well...anything. When counseling his son, he reminds him not of "why he should choose this specific person" but of his fidelity to her. Many people who continue day in and day out "waiting for Mr. or Mrs. right" to walk into their lives may be waiting a…

Dec

13

2016

By Fr. Michael Bombak

Mark 10:2-12- Unrandom Unions

Faithdivorce, identity, marriage, random, sexuality

Glory be to Jesus Christ! When I taught Junior High School a word the students thew around quite a bit to describe a surprising or interesting situation was the word "random." In fact, they used it in so many stations that the definition and meaning of the word truly was random. This word is not restricted to Junior High classrooms, however, but is to many the prevailing view of reality. Relationships, family, marriage, personal sexual identity etc. to many is "random" or arbitrary. Our Lord, while avoiding another trap by the Pharisees, sets out the truth about marriage and the…