Today, of course, is Valentine’s Day. Who was St. Valentine? We don’t know much about him historically except that he was a martyred priest in ancient Rome who ministered to Christian prisoners, and that he was buried north of the city on February 14th, in the mid- 3rd century. It is also uncertain if the […]
https://www.saintdavidsinthepines.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/std-stv.jpg242145Christianhttps://www.saintdavidsinthepines.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/StDavids-Header-300wx100t.pngChristian2020-02-15 09:39:382020-02-15 09:41:05WEEKLY NEWSLETTER - February 16th - Fr. Thomas
You may have seen episodes of a television series, Undercover Boss. It’s a program about corporate CEO’s who disguise themselves and work alongside of the company employees, particularly in factories, restaurants, and sales departments. Whether it’s “staged” or totally spontaneous, it reveals how employees at the “ground level” feel about their jobs, and their customers, […]
This Sunday evening there will be over 100,000 fans attending the Super Bowl in Miami and over 200 million more watching on television. That’s almost two out of every three citizens. (If I’m not mistaken, the final episode of MASH drew a larger audience!) Even though not all will be fanatically rooting for either the […]
WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – January 26th – Fr. Thomas There was a little girl who had a very large collection of dolls heaped on her bed. A guest in her room one day asked her “Do you love dolls?” Then with tender loving care she spread out the whole collection for the guest to inspect […]
WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – January 19th – Fr. Thomas Eboo Patel, the distinguished author and commentator, in his book, Sacred Ground tells a story about visiting Berea College in Kentucky. Prior to a scheduled speech in the college chapel he was asked by a college official if he wanted the cross removed from its prominent […]
