Tag: Saints

Queen Elizabeth II, Defender of the Faith

October 17, 2022by The Rev. Nathan Stomberg

With the passing of Queen Elizabeth, we lose one of the final links in the chain of history which binds us to the storied history and tradition, and indeed the greatness of Western Civilization, blessed by God and founded on Judeo-Christian principles, to which we owe nearly every comfort and luxury which we enjoy today.

Be Like St. Polycarp, and “Play the Man”

February 23, 2021February 27, 2021by Deacon Doug Stomberg

What does it truly mean to be “The Man”? Saint Polycarp (AD 69 – 155), Bishop of Smyrna, whom the Church remembers today, was “The Man” in an entirely different sense: His unparalleled example as a man immovable in his faith and imitation of Jesus’ life.