Brad Mathias

Oct 7-9th - Westfield MA St Joseph's PNCC 73 Main Street Westfield, MA 01085 73 Main Street Westfield, MA 01085 Clericus - Wednesday PM- Thursday AM | Oct 7th -8th Synod Delegate and Standing Committee Events - Thursday PM -Friday | Oct 8th-9th Details: The Anglican Catholic Church Diocese of the Northeast Welcomes you to the Thirty-Fifth Diocesan Synod St. Barnabas Anglican Mission of Belchertown, Massachusetts is serving as host for the Thirty-fifth diocesan synod. Though not yet two...

My dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We are entering into what some of our denominations call “Ordinary Time”. However, this time is anything but ordinary. We are entering a time that we will hear in our lessons on Sunday morning how it is that we live in this broken world as Christians, as followers of our Lord Jesus. I was speaking recently to a member to the Diocese who was feeling guilty that he was not doing enough to have God (and the Church) be pleased with him. He...

I am reminded today of the following discourse found in the Gospel of Luke. John the Baptist is facing execution, and in a moment of ‘hesitation’ he wants to confirm that Jesus is the Messiah and that his own work had not been in vain . . . When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?’” . . . So [ Jesus] replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The...