I. Next week will be my first time to share fully in the Eucharist. Until now I have only gone to the altar to receive a blessing. At the Saturday Vigil for the Baptism of the Lord Mass I will be confirmed as a Roman Catholic, into the "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church" according to the Nicene Creed. If you are like me and were raised a protestant, then you are most likely woefully ignorant of the ancient Christian calendar. Each Sunday every Catholic church celebrates the same day of the Christian year and reads the same passages from scripture … Continue reading An Epiphany of Sorts