A Knight's Blog

These days test our trust. The darkness is so vivid, fear so rancorous and loud that we feel our lives being cloaked in shadow. In times such as these we must remember whom is our deliverer. When evil seems to eclipse our every waking hour, we must remember Emmanuel is with us. It can be tempting to trust authorities to intercede on our behalf, but woe if we trust man, “This is what the Lord says: Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes [human] flesh his strength and turns his heart from the Lord .” (Jeremiah 17:5). We must put our trust in Christ Jesus, the God Man who has all power and authority and dominion! Humans will fail us, they cannot be pure and benevolent in perpetuity. Only God can at every hour and second stand on our behalf interceding, “Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.” (Romans 8:34).  Our deliverance can only come f...

Often we see ascetics and monkish folk decry the luxuries and decadence that Bishops and popular pastors enjoy. The finger of the proverbial John the Baptist in Camel hair points at priests in egyptian silk, with giant gold pectoral crosses with precious gems fashioned in. But is Christian Grandeur really a sin? Are we not to enjoy the good life and nice things? Is the Christian life meant to be drudgerious, with all of us competing to be more lowly than St. Teresa of Calcutta or St. Francis of Assisi?  Is not that simply false humility to seek an austere lifestyle and believe Jesus will reward us for being peasants? Did not Christ accomplish all? Does he really expect us to be paupers?  The answer is quite complex. On one hand we are told, “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.,” (1 John 2:15), but then we have the Scripture, “So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we dr...

Contrary to common belief French people are not irreligious. While a secular shroud seems to cover the Parisian realm, 63% still identify themselves as Christians. In fact, there is a mini-revival of Catholicism happening in the Frankish land. France has a long and complex history of Christianity.   “France received its Christianity directly from Jerusalem in the first century BC. After Christ’s death, Christians were persecuted in Jerusalem and in all cities of Palestine. Joseph of Arimathea, Lazarus (resurrected by Jesus), Mary Magdalene , and several other followers of Jesus were all exiled from Israel, and set afloat by their persecutors in an oar-less boat without sail. The boat miraculously reached an area near Marseilles (called today “Les Saintes Maries de la Mer” or “The Holy Mary(s) from the Sea), where Philip had already settled down and begun to preach the Word. Joseph of Arimathea was the Virgin Mary’s uncle. He was a tin trader who was well known in Marse...

In this age of over-saturation of information, we can be tempted to seek out knowledge on the internet. But knowledge (gnosis) is not always helpful, In fact it can be harmful, hence the evil Gnostic cultists. What matters is that we know Jesus, “And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you [ginosko, epignosko, intimacy], the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth. ” (John 17:3). In fact, the apostle Paul urges us to count all lost but knowing Christ, “Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ,” (Philippians 3:8), he even says this a mature Christian view, “Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you. ” (Philippians 3:15). Knowledge (gnosis) can be very dangerous, especially secretive societies that promise...