From Jerusalem to Nicaea Part II

In this study, we will consider the original context for the gift of the land of Canaan, its original purpose as intended by God and revealed in Sacred Scripture, and how that inheritance can be properly understood, respected, and celebrated today. 

Join Dr. Jeffrey Morrow and the ICC as we look beyond the Levitical liturgical prescriptions to the heartbeat of creation crafted by our Creator as the spiritual foundation for life. 

In this study, we will examine the first chapters of the book of Genesis in order to gain a new perspective on Paradise as the place to which God calls us to return. 

<p>Friends, we come once again to Trinity Sunday. The Church has reflected very deeply on who God is, and this great doctrine of the Trinity has emerged from that speculation. What I want to do is give you, appropriately enough, three ways of approaching this profound mystery.</p ... Show More

The Spirit comes and the church is created. 

<p>Friends, Trinity Sunday has been called “the preacher’s nightmare.” But while the Trinity remains a supreme mystery, Thomas Aquinas used a basic principle that helps us to get at it: beings, at all levels, tend to make images of themselves. The higher you go in the hierarchy o ... Show More

No longer sustained by our own devices we are moving steadily away from the relics of the past and into the Heavenly place where we shall be seated. A unified effort is coming to the body of Christ to gather and unify under the voice of Holy Spirit. To be led by Holy Spirit to be ... Show More

<p>Friends, Happy Pentecost Sunday! On this great celebration of the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, meditating upon the number three will tell us a lot of what we need to know about the Spirit, whose distinctive mark is not oppressive unity, nor conflictual diversi ... Show More

<p>Friends, every year we have Trinity Sunday followed by today’s wonderful Solemnity of Corpus Christi—two of the highest theological mysteries of our faith, the Trinity and the Eucharist, back to back. As we reflect today on the Body and Blood of Jesus, I want to explore the de ... Show More

Fr. Mike explores the formation of the Church’s dogma on the nature of the Trinity. He unpacks the terms used by the Church in an attempt to explain the nature of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. However, as Fr. Mike reminds us, with the story of St. Augustine and the child on t ... Show More

The church grows in number and in sharing. 

<p>Friends, as we resume Ordinary Time, it’s appropriate that we’re looking at a portrait of the Church, because we’re coming back, if you want, to the ordinary work of the Church up and down the ages to the present day. Our Gospel from the tenth chapter of Luke gives us our marc ... Show More

Have you ever wondered why there are so many different Christian denominations out there? Dr. Sri explores the deep roots of the Catholic Church's unity, tracing it back to Scripture and the practices of the early Christians. Dr. Sri also encourages us to pray for greater unity i ... Show More