Of the people who were an intimate past of the ministry of Christ in the world, including the 12 apostles, Holy Mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Mary of Clopas, 1 betrayed him, and 10 ran away.
Only John and the three Marys stayed with him, four of fifteen, strong to the end.
Sunday mass attendance ranges around 22-23%.
The rock of the faith is endurance, and it endures still, through all of the great horrors of the present day crisis, the mass is our rock.
Lampstand Foundation website, http://www.lampstandfoundation.org/
"The sinner is at the very heart of Christianity. Nobody is so competent as the sinner in matters of Christianity. Nobody, except the saint." Charles Peguy (1873-1914)
About
- David H. Lukenbill
- I am a California native, married, we have one daughter and live close to the American River with two cats and all the wild critters we can feed. I am a management consultant to nonprofit organizations and have an Associates of Arts degree in Administration of Justice from Sacramento City College, a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco and a Master of Public Administration degree, also from the University of San Francisco.