Northwoods Table Talk

  The Cross? Or Christ Crucified? 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 & John 12:20-33 Holy Cross Day – 09.14.2025 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.   Amen.   September 14, has historically been celebrated since 335 AD as Holy Cross Day. One legend claims that Helena, Emperor Constantine’s mother, went to Jerusalem to discover the precise location of location of the crucifixion of our Lord. Legend states that three crosses were unearthed and a dying woman touched them and only one of them healed her.   Yeah, right! Neither the healing nor Helena’s trip is verifiable. However the date of the feast marks the dedication of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 335. It was a two-day festival. The church consecrated on September 13 th and the cross discovered on the site of the crucifixion was brought outside the church on September 14 th so that the faithful could pray before the True Cross.   Legends and stories abound, let them. Bu...

  On Wednesday, an event took place that has been rather polarizing, Charlie Kirk was murdered!   I have thought long and hard about what to write. On 9/11 I posted my thoughts on sinfulness - mine and the sinfulness of every single person who has, who is, of whoever will inhabit human flesh. That sinfulness is often manifested in vile evil. And I begged all to pray The Litany.  It is an ancient prayer of The Church and it is easy to see why. (see it at the end of this post) How do those who disagree respond?   I am going to state what I believe. God created man in His image, God’s own breath (spirit) was breathed into man to make him a living soul. That image pointed forward to Him who is God in human flesh - Jesus, God’s Christ - the One in whose image Adam was created. Woman was brought forth from that man as God caused Adam to go into a deep sleep, took a rib from his side, and made woman from that rib. This is the lesser miracle pointing forward to the gre...