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Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Pascha. Communion Is How We Stoke the Fire

05/03/2017

And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them, who said, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” Then they told what had happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of the bread. Luke 24:33-35 (From the Fifth Eothinon Gospel of Sunday Orthros) Christ is Risen! We’ve all sat around a

Monday of the 2nd Week of Pascha. The First Ordination

04/24/2017

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, even so I send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, ”Receive the Holy Spirit.” John 20:21-22 (From the Gospel Reading at the Divine Liturgy on Thomas Sunday) Christ is Risen! In all of the Gospel accounts, Jesus “commissions” the Disciples to go out into the world and spread the Good News.

Great and Holy Friday. Condemned by a tree, Saved by the Tree

04/14/2017

When Jesus had received the vinegar, He said, ”It is finished”; and He bowed His head and gave up His spirit. John 19:30 (Gospel of the Ninth Hour on Good Friday Morning) In Genesis, we read that God created the world in “seven days.” We also know that God’s time doesn’t move according to our concept of time. So, the world wasn’t created in seven “literal” days, meaning seven 24-hour periods of time. Specific things

Holy Thursday. Do THIS in REMEMBRANCE of Me

04/13/2017

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when He was betrayed took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, “This is My Body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My Blood. Do this, as often as you

Holy Wednesday. Holy Unction and Our Need for Spiritual Cleansing

04/12/2017

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper, laid aside His garments, and girded Himself with a towel. Then He poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. He came to Simon Peter; and Peter said to him, “Lord, do

Saturday of Lazarus. I AM the Resurrection and the Life

04/08/2017

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. John 11:25-26 (Gospel on the Saturday of Lazarus) A few years ago, an older parishioner passed away. She had lived a long life, and she was a person of great faith. The night before she passed away, I visited her in a

Thursday of the Third Week of Lent. Confession: The Manner by Which We Examine Ourselves

03/16/2017

Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the Body and Blood of the Lord. Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For any one who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment upon himself. 1 Corinthians 11:27-29 (From the Epistle of the Vesperal Liturgy Holy Thursday Morning) Our

Orthodox Psychotherapy (Part II)

01/24/2017

Many contemporary Christians regard priests as ministers of the Most High and as church officials who are helpful in various bureaucratic dealings, who perform the different Sacraments when they are needed or celebrate the Divine Liturgy, and in this way can satisfy the need of their souls or fulfil a traditional duty. They are regarded as magicians who work magic! We know, however, that the grace of God is not transmitted magically or mechanically, but

The Thirty-Second Day of Christmas Advent. Be Not Afraid

12/16/2016

And they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, ”Be not afraid.” -Luke 2:9-10 Think about when you are most afraid. It’s when you don’t know the outcome of something. People feel fear before they take a test, particularly medical tests, because they don’t know what the outcome is going to be. People are afraid of the unknown, because they don’t have mastery of it and can’t control the results. People get

NOUS: “VIGILANT GATE-KEEPER.” (Part II)

07/06/2016

As attentive and vigilant as the nous may be, without divine strength and the invocation of the name of the Lord Jesus, “the rotating sword,” it is unable to be guarded from harmful thoughts. The vigilance, therefore, or the watchfulness or attentiveness of the nous is accompanied by prayer. On its own, the nous does not have the power for pure prayer unless it uses the salt of watchfulness that drives away impure and wicked

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Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Pascha. Communion Is How We Stoke the Fire

Monday of the 2nd Week of Pascha. The First Ordination

Great and Holy Friday. Condemned by a tree, Saved by the Tree

Holy Thursday. Do THIS in REMEMBRANCE of Me

Holy Wednesday. Holy Unction and Our Need for Spiritual Cleansing

Saturday of Lazarus. I AM the Resurrection and the Life

Thursday of the Third Week of Lent. Confession: The Manner by Which We Examine Ourselves

Orthodox Psychotherapy (Part II)

The Thirty-Second Day of Christmas Advent. Be Not Afraid

NOUS: “VIGILANT GATE-KEEPER.” (Part II)

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