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APOSTOLICAM ECCLESIAM AUREAE ET ROSEAE CRUCIS
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A Word on Thanksgiving
“We should try by all means to be as grateful as possible. For gratitude is a good thing for ourselves, in a sense in which justice, that is commonly supposed to concern other persons, is not; gratitude returns in large measure unto itself.” – Seneca, Moral Letters 81 . "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever." – Psalm: 107 . “Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” – Ephesians 5: 20 . Gr

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Dec 25, 20252 min read


Lvx in Tenebris Lucet
Merry Christmas! The season of light in the darkest time of the year! Lvx in tenebris lucet. The light shines in the darkness. God - uniform and eternal - is perhaps known in contrast. So it is that the Immortal is sustained by the mortal, the invisible made known through the visible things. The mystery of the Incarnation is alluded to in these simple lines. God and man, united after the vision. The body is like a tunnel, a partition; only in man is God’s omnipresence seeming

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Dec 20, 20252 min read


Cybernetic Rabbit
For purposes of contemplation, the hard drive presents a useful metaphor by which more complex themes can be explored analogously....

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Jan 7, 20252 min read


The Three Wise Men and the Star of Bethlehem
The three magi are a fixture of Christmas. Yet they are hardly mentioned in the Bible, mysteriously disappearing like the star they followed

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Dec 17, 202414 min read


The Kingdom and the World
A kabbalistic fable . What is the world like? The world is alike unto a household. A house with many doors, many rooms, many windows....

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Dec 16, 20242 min read


Peter’s Heirs to the Kingdom
In 1 Peter 3, the apostle Peter gives instruction particular to men and women – husbands and wives – imploring them to devote themselves...

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Dec 15, 20245 min read


The Significance of a Single Letter
In Genesis 17: 5, Abram receives a new name, Abraham, following the covenant enacted with God. The Hebrew name Abram is rendered in...

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Dec 15, 20245 min read
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