Always with Christ

Always with Christ is a ministry of Holy Cross Anglican Church, in Alpine, Texas, and is presented by Fr. Damien Grout. Our Trinity Season Journey continues as the Church brings us to an unnamed village where Jesus encounters 10 lepers. All 10 are healed, but only one is made whole. Sloth, the unwillingness of the heart to pursue that which is most important, keeps the 9 from entering into wholeness, but it is the counter to sloth, living the Eucharistic life, that brings the Samaritan into wholeness in Christ. Luke 17:11

Always with Christ is a ministry of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Alpine, Texas, and is present by Fr. Damien Grout. This week we continue to seek the grace of illumination, eyes that are opened and ears that are unstopped to see ourselves as we are and the hear the voice of Christ speaking into our hearts. We hear the command to love God with our whole being and to love our neighbor as our self, but who is our neighbor? It is in this context that we continue our fight against the deadly sin of wrath.

Always with Christ is a ministry of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Alpine, Texas, and is presented by Fr. Damien Grout. In this week's episode, we consider the glorious ministry of St. Paul, though "glorious," if these things that he suffered were to happen to us might not be our description. We are seeking to learn to cut away the root out of which the deadly sin of dejection grows and to put on the lively virtue of courage; to put on courage, though, requires our spiritual senses to be awakened, so that we might learn to see and hear the things of the kingdom, and to speak of the greater glory that will live on forever. Mark 7:31; 2 Cor. 34

Always with Christ is a ministry of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Alpine, Texas, and is presented by Fr. Damien Grout. In this week's episode we continue our pursuit of becoming by grace what Christ is by nature, and we do so by seeking the grace of illumination, which shows us both ourselves (what we love and truly want) and also the perfections of Christ. Today, we follow the leading of the Church in seeking the grace of illumination in our fight against vain-glory: we contemplate the parable of the two men who go up to the temple to pray and St. Paul's own understanding of his apostolic commission. 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 18:9-14

Always with Christ is a ministry of Holy Cross Anglican Church and is presented by Fr. Damien Grout. In this week's episode the Church takes us back to Palm Sunday and the lament of Jesus over Jerusalem and its inhabitants, because they had exchanged the story of the kingdom of God for the false stories of the nations; they would not understand why the gifts of God had been given to them. They gloried in the gift instead of the giver. We, too, have been given great gifts. How are we using them?

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 are brought into on of Jesus' most well-known parables, the Parable of the Prodigal son. Through this familiar story, we are shown the dangers of allowing our appetites to rule over us. Today we deal with the deadly sins of Lust and Gluttony. 1 Corinthians 10, Luke 15:11.

Always with Christ is a ministry of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Alpine, Texas, and is presented by Fr. Damien Grout. This weeks we confront the deadly sin of Avarice, which includes the sin of greed, but it is revealed in many ways. We consider our Lord's warning against "false prophets," and the reminder of St. Paul, that we learn to release our attachment to the things of this present age through the mortifying of the deeds of the flesh. Matthew 7:15, Romans 8:12

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 learn to confront the deadly sin of Sloth, with is much more than idleness and indolence; if we are going to travel the path the leads to life, which is the path that Trinity Season leads us into, we are going to need strength for the journey. Our Father is not a miser who withholds the grace we need. He give it to us freely in the Holy Eucharist. Romans 6:12-23, Mark 8:1-9

Always with Christ is a ministry of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Alpine, Texas, and is presented by Fr. Damien Grout. During the first part of Trinity Season, we are learning to fight against the sin the so easily besets us and keeps us from walking in the way of the cross. This week, the Church teaches us to fight against the deadly sin of wrath and to take up patience and kindness. Romans 6:3-11, Matthew 5:20-26.

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 follow in the steps of the ancient Western Church in putting off the deadly sin of Dejection. We might not think of dejection as all that deadly, but it robs us of our joy and courage. We must learn to abide in Christ, by the power of the Spirit, take up our courage and find the joy of the way of the Cross. 1 Peter 3:8, Luke 5:1-11.