Before the St. Philip’s Fast, I was sharing smart and stupid ways to think about God. I had ended on the 10th stupid way. I would present today the 10th smart way to think about God. The 10th way is … Continue reading
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After having considered 2 Timothy, the next pastoral letter attributed to Paul that must be considered is the letter to TITUS. Like Timothy, Titus was an important associate of Paul. According to Galatians 2:3, he was a Gentile convert, probably … Continue reading
Hopefully you, my readers, are finding these thoughts of St. John as helpful as I am. I believe that his thoughts can be very beneficial to spiritual growth. I have begun sharing the three basic causes for Talkativeness which, as … Continue reading
I send my messenger before you to prepare your way; a herald’s voice in the desert, crying, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord, clear him a straight path! Thus begins the Gospel of St. Mark. The story of our … Continue reading
The first three great feasts in our Church were: Resurrection, Pentecost and Theophany (i.e., the Baptism of Jesus by John in the Jordan). We will be celebrating this third feast this coming week (January 6th) and next weekend. Our celebration … Continue reading
Over the past several weeks I have been sharing ideas about anamnesis. Closely connected with this idea is the idea of the assembly of the Church as the image of the body of Christ. If this is true, then the … Continue reading
In the last issue of this article I finished commentary on First Timothy. Second Timothy is like and unlike the first. Both begin as letters from Paul to Timothy. Both emphasize “sound teaching,” guarding “the good treasure entrusted to you” … Continue reading
From Byzantine liturgical hymnology we clearly see that the Holy Spirit is the glory of Christ, which not only transfigures the body of the historical Jesus, as was the case at the Transfiguration, but glorifies as well His wider “Body,” … Continue reading
In the last issue I was sharing thoughts about the eleventh step on the Ladder, namely Talkativeness and Silence. When we are spiritually lazy, we often try to fill the vacuum with pointless chattering. The Ladder pinpoints three fundamental causes … Continue reading
As I finished this article last time I shared this thought: Jesus asks us to tell Him the thoughts of our minds and to let them go into His hands, thereby cleansing our inner selves and making us whole and … Continue reading