My child, replied Abraham, remember that you were well off in your lifetime, while Lazarus was in misery. Now he has found consolation here, but you have found torment. Luke’s Gospel presents two parables about riches together, the parable of … Continue reading
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The incarnation of the Word of God (i.e., Logos, Son of God or Christ) was very consistently considered by Byzantine theologians as truly having a cosmic significance. The cosmic dimension of the Christ-event is expressed particularly well in Byzantine hymnology: … Continue reading
Some have asked me how our Greek-Catholic Church came into existence. As I have shared, our Church was established through the missionary activities of priests from Constantinople, namely Cyril and Methodius. Prince Volodymyr embraced Christianity as practiced in Constantinople. In … Continue reading
The Call to Holiness, the Spiritual Journey that God calls us to, is a journey of personal relationships, a journey on which a person grows closer to God or further from God, depending on how he or she relates to … Continue reading
DEMETRIUS – son of one of the preeminent families of Thessalonika, he was an officer in the Roman army. He organized the Christian youth of the city. Because of his social standing, he was not originally persecuted. In 303, however, … Continue reading
As I shared in last week’s Bulletin, we cannot grow in a personal relationship with God without prayer. The foundation for any real relationship with God is prayer. The evangelists, especially St. Luke, tell us that Jesus frequently went off … Continue reading
In the last several issues of this article I have begun sharing thoughts about the Letter of St. James, considered to be the Brother of the Lord and the First Bishop of Jerusalem. This letter, which is the only one … Continue reading
The New Testament (NT) has Jesus say, “Do this in memory of me”. He does not say how often and the problem before us is the various answers given to that question throughout history. In considering this point, we must … Continue reading
The parable of the Sower appears in all three of the Synoptic Gospels. This fact suggests that it may truly have been one of the parables actually said by Jesus, Some scholars suggest that a better name for this parable … Continue reading
The Call to Holiness is a Call to Take a Journey. The journey we are called to is a spiritual journey – a journey in search of the true meaning and purpose of life. There are two very different attitudes … Continue reading