THE SIGN BY THE WOODPILE
Grace and Impossiblie Situations
March 18, 2025
The Cereal Box and The Sign Wandering Thoughts on Impossible Situations
Fr. Frederick Edlefsen
I left after the 10:30AM Mass on April 15, 2018, heading for a week of silence, solitude,...Read more
THE PRODIGAL SON
A Brother's Chllenge
March 13, 2025
The Prodigal Fr. Frederick Edlefsen
Two brothers. One tale. A sinner. A favorite son. The father celebrated his sinner’s return. The favorite became angry and refused to enter his father’s house. How could a faithful...Read more
LENT AND BECOMING CATHOLIC
Scrutiny Rites: What Are They?
March 13, 2025
Lent’s Third Sunday and Scrutiny Rites By Fr. Frederick Edlefsen
Today, Lent’s third Sunday, the Church begins to intensely prepare adults for Baptism. This preparation is called Scrutinies. Ritually, Scrutinies take place during the third,...Read more
THE LORD'S TRANFIGURATION
Monk Reflects from Mount Sinai
March 13, 2025
Transfiguration Sunday And a Monk of Mount Sinai By Fr. Frederick Edlefsen We know little about the 7th century monk Anastasius of Sinai. “Anastasius” is Greek for “Resurrection”. Two Byzantine Emperors went by that name, as did four...Read more
Christ's Temptation
Forty Days of Lent
March 4, 2025
Christ’s Temptation Fr. Frederick Edlefsen Christ was “led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness” (Luke 4:1). In the wilderness of this fallen world, we join Jesus in confronting “the world, the flesh and the devil” (James...Read more
