Always with Christ

On December 21, the Church Commemorates the Apostle Thomas. Let us celebrate this one of whom the world was not worthy, but through whom our Father has given us so many gifts.

Always with Christ is a ministry of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Alpine, Texas, and is presented by Fr. Damien Grout. As we enter into the 3rd week of our new Church year, we meet John the Baptist (who is in prison) sending 2 of his disciples to Jesus with a very important question: are you really the one who has been promised? This question and the answer that Jesus gives helps us to set our expectations aright for the coming of the Kingdom in our Lord Jesus Christ. Jeremiah 4:1-10, Matthew 11:2

Homilies from Holy Cross is a production of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Alpine, Texas, and is presented by Fr. Damien Grout. The figure of John the Baptist looms large in these last days of Advent and so we go out to meet him today and we find him in Herod's dungeon. We take his question to Jesus: are you the one we've been waiting for, and we listen for his answer. Jeremiah 1; 1 Corinthians 4, Matthew 11:2

Homilies from Holy Cross is a ministry of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Alpine, Texas, and is presented by Fr. Damien Grout. We consider today the parable of the Ten Virgins and consider its meaning and application for us as we prepare to receive Christ in the coming Nativity of our Lord and in his Second Advent.

Homilies from Holy Cross is a ministry of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Alpine, Texas, and is presented by Fr. Damien Grout. As we turn our attention to the end of this Church Year, we begin to prepare ourselves for the year that is to come, to receive the grace of transformation and our own salvation. Are you willing to turn your heart and your will away from that which corrodes? Are you willing to set your affections on the eternal?

Always with Christ is a ministry of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Alpine, Texas, and is presenting by Fr. Damien Grout. The Season of Advent is all about making ourselves ready, but ready for what? Today we consider one of the definitive parables of Advent, the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 25), which leads us to our gospel lesson in which our Lord reveals the signs of his coming. Romans 15:4, Luke 21:25

Always with Christ is a ministry of Holy Cross Anglican Church and is presented by Fr. Damien Grout. The First Sunday in Advent marks out for the us the first Sunday of the new Church Year, and in it we consider the Triumphal Entry of Jesus on Palm Sunday, with special emphasis on the cleansing of the Temple. Are our hearts ready to receive the coming of Christ? Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 21:1-13

Always with Christ is a ministry of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Alpine, Texas, and is presented by Fr. Damien Grout. In this weeks Episode, we consider what it means to "render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God, the things that are God's." Philippians 3:17, Matthew 22:15

Always with Christ is a ministry of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Alpine, Texas, and is presented by Fr. Damien Grout. The call of grace is the invitation to become partakers of the divine nature, yet how often are quick to minimize the requirements of that call? In our gospel we consider the question of St. Peter: "how oft shall I forgive my brother?" Jesus answers the question with a story about mercy and forgiveness. This is the story of our salvation, and the shape of our life in him. Matthew 18:21, Philippians 1:3

Always with Christ is a ministry of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Alpine, Texas and is presented by Fr. Damien Grout. We are brought to consider our warfare and the arsenal that we are given in Christ and in the whole armor of God. John 4:46, Ephesians 6:10