O Most Merciful Father in heaven, help me to continue my personal preparation to celebrate the great winter feasts. Help me to understand that in the events I am preparing to celebrate with others in my Christian Community – the … Continue reading
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O Eternal God, Who has revealed to the world that You are Three-In-One and have actually, in time, taken on human flesh to assure me that you know the struggles that I must face as a human being, help me … Continue reading
O Father in heaven, let me pour out my tears in place of myrrh and offer them to You, as Jesus Christ our true God, born in the flesh for my sake and that of all humankind. Help me to … Continue reading
Merciful Father and our incarnate God, You opened up for us the way to salvation, the way to understanding the true purpose for our existence here on earth. Because of Your great love for me, You actually came into my … Continue reading
O Almighty God, as the man Jesus you were hungry and fed the hungry as God. You were hungry and man and yet are the true Bread of Life. As a man you were thirsty and yet called all to … Continue reading
To whom will all this piled-up wealth of yours go? That is the way it works with the man who grows rich for himself instead of growing rich in the sight of God. In today’s Gospel reading we hear the … Continue reading
In last week’s Bulletin I presented some ideas about our ascetical practice of fasting as a means of preparing us to celebrate the major winter feasts. We should never fast because we believe that it is some sort of obligation. … Continue reading
In the last issue of this article, the Gospel of Matthew has a particular fivefold structure to its narrative that is similar to the five books of the Torah, the Pentateuch. The theme expressed in this structure also shows up … Continue reading
As I stressed in the last issue of this article on the Divine Liturgy, the sobornal character of the Liturgy is something that we should think about when we gather for our communal worship of God. Truly one of the … Continue reading
In last week’s Bulletin, I introduced the fact that Greek thought originally showed much opposition to the concept of divine-humanity. It seemed impossible to not only conceive of the idea but also to express the idea that somehow Jesus was … Continue reading