The essential object in the church, the central focus for worship, is this sacred table where the priest celebrates the Divine Liturgy. Deacon Harold shares more in his series of Mixing & Mastering Our Faith.

Deacon Harold opens up the readings for Sunday's Mass for the 26th Sunday in OT, Year A for Word of God Wednesday

What is a 'Canon'? A Greek word that comes from a Hebrew word ('Quanah') that means "reed" or "measuring stick". It is the norm that we use for which books are considered sacred, whereas the Jews say these books 'make your hands unclean'. Deacon Harold CONTINUES this discussion in his series on "Understanding The Bible".

Many scholars, most notably the Protestant scholar at Yale B.W. Bacon in the 1920s, have noticed that Matthew reads like a "mini-Pentateuch" - that it seems deliberately arranged to resemble the first five books of the Old Testament, known as the Law. Deacon Harold celebrates this Feast of St. Matthew and dives more into what we can apply to our own faith.

Jesus’ journeys in Bethsaida reveal several dimensions of His ministry: it was the home of His first disciples, the setting of the Feeding of the Five Thousand, the place of a gradual healing of blindness, and the object of His stern rebuke for failing to respond to His works. Bethsaida thus embodies both the light of Christ’s revelation and the danger of hardness of heart. Deacon Harold shares more as we follow Jesus on Tour.

Deacon Harold continues his series on Magnifica Humanitas.

Deacon Harold opens up the readings for Sunday's Mass for the 25th Sunday in OT, Year A for Word of God Wednesday

Deacon Harold helps us learn from our Lady of Sorrows today. Our Lady of Sorrows teaches us how to find meaning in suffering by uniting our wounded hearts to hers. Surrendering to God and 'letting go' so that His will be may done is never easy, and we must look to our Blessed Mother as the example of what it means to make of gift of our life because she teaches us it is in giving ourselves away that we truly find ourselves.

No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. Today, Deacon Harold dives more into the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Jesus’ journeys in Cana include His first public miracle at the wedding feast, the healing of the royal official’s son, and connections through Nathanael. Cana thus stands for new beginnings, the call to deeper faith, the abundance of divine grace, and the promise of the heavenly banquet. Deacon Harold opens up more on Jesus at Cana as we continue the series Jesus on Tour.