As we complete this sixteenth week after Pentecost, we hear the words of Paul to the Corinthians and another parable of Jesus Christ. Paul tells us that NOW is the day of salvation. and he gives us the message of … Continue reading
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In the last issue I began sharing the thoughts of the Fathers on Christ’s Humanity and our ability to depict Him in iconography. Christ is the image of the Father. Therefore, if we image Christ we, in effect, also image … Continue reading
Given that God is the Authority in the Church, how are Christians practically to understand and perceive His authority? Each person experiences God’s authority as a member of His Church. He speaks Truth in and through a people united to … Continue reading
As I shared in the last issue of this article, the Church recognizes two senses of Scripture, the literal and the spiritual. I already shared what the Church sees as the literal sense. The spiritual sense of Sacred Scripture derives … Continue reading
After we have praised the Father and remembered the words of the Son, we ask the Father to send down His Spirit and change the gifts which represent life and Jesus. We pray the EPICLESIS: Moreover, we offer to You … Continue reading
I would put a few final touches on our understanding of the 24th Step on John’s Ladder, Meekness/Simplicity. As I shared with you, simplicity is a childlike innocence. It is the first characteristic of childhood: Be simple and guileless, and … Continue reading
As I suggested in the last issue of this article, the call to holiness is the call to become truly a human like Jesus Christ. He is God’s revelation to us about how to be the human that God intended … Continue reading
In this modern day and age, in order to acquire the mind of Christ we must also put aside many incorrect Christian assertions that pervade our Western Culture. For example, we must put aside the doctrine of the Atonement that … Continue reading
There are several truly great challenges in our Christian faith, namely the belief in God as Three-In-One, the two-fold nature of Jesus as both God and Man, and, of course, the real presence of Christ in bread and wine that … Continue reading
As we complete this fifteenth week after Pentecost, our first reading is taken from the fourth chapter of Paul’s second letter to the Church in Corinth. He presents the idea that the life within us can be seen as similar … Continue reading