One day as He was walking along the beach beside the Lake of Galilee, He saw two brothers – Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew – out in a boat fishing with a net, for they were commercial fishermen. Jesus … Continue reading
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I have been sharing thoughts about the last book in the New Testament, namely Revelation or the Apocalypse. The author names his location as the island of Patmos and so he is often called John of Patmos. There is a … Continue reading
As everyone who worships with me knows, the theology of our Church stresses the fact that all major acts of God are Trinitarian acts and secondly that the particular role of the Spirit is to make the first contact, which … Continue reading
As many know, I have been in the process of weeding out my library. The books on the table in the vestibule are for those who might like to read. As I was going through my books this week, I … Continue reading
In the last issue of this article, I introduced an idea, based on the Fathers, that there are two basic ways by which one may arrive at the realization that a fundamental change of life must take place – the … Continue reading
The mission of the Church is to evangelize. Contrary to manipulative strategies of proselytizers, those in true evangelizing ministry are simply inviting people to a relationship of love with God in the context of community. The call to evangelize is … Continue reading
In the last installment I began sharing thoughts about the word hesed which we have translated in our Divine Liturgy as mercy. I shared the fact that hesed is associated with ‘emet or faith. Hesed is also associated with mispat, … Continue reading
The first fundamental virtue that St. John Climacus identifies, Obedience, is, as I shared in the last issue, first to God. Obedience, however, does not really stop there. In the broader sense of virtue, our obedience is to be extended … Continue reading
Your Church throughout the world, O Lord, is clothed with the blood of Your Martyrs as with fine linens and purple robes; and so the Church cries out to You, O Christ our God: “Send down Your goodness upon Your … Continue reading
In this article I just began sharing thoughts about the last book of the New Testament, Revelation. It cannot be adequately comprehended except against the historical background which occasioned its writing. Like the Book of Daniel and other apocalypses, it … Continue reading