It is interesting how this weekly article has changed over the months. It began with my attempting to share the vision of our Patriarchal Synod for all parishes – that is revitalize and reenergize Ukrainian Greek Catholic parishes. The Synod … Continue reading
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The tenth step on St. John’s Ladder is, as I shared in the last Bulletin, a sin called SLANDER. For what reason do we consider spiritual sins such as pride, hypocrisy, hatred and slander less grievous than “’physical” sins? A … Continue reading
During the past two week I have shared the first two of six real characteristics of our Eastern Christianity, namely that it is communal and intuitive. The third characteristic is that it is holistic. Everything stands in relationship to the … Continue reading
Perhaps three of the most influential Eastern Fathers of the Church were the Cappadocian Fathers: Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa (Basil’s brother) and Gregory Nazianzus. They advanced the development of Christian Trinitarian theology, especially our understanding of the Holy … Continue reading
The Jesus parable we hear this weekend as our Gospel is, probably, one of the most famous of all the Lord’s parables. Luke presents the Good Samaritan parable as a way of presenting ideas about discipleship. He has a lawyer … Continue reading
How do we make our preparation for these winter feasts real? While prayer is the first act we can do, we can also make our preparation much more concrete by voluntarily offering gifts of love and support to others. Try … Continue reading
In a chronologically ordered New Testament (NT), the letter that must be considered after second Thessalonians, is First Peter. I suspect that most people have never read or heard First Peter proclaimed. It consists of only five, relatively short chapters. … Continue reading
The tenth step on St. John’s Ladder of Ascent, is SLANDER. Malice and the remembrance of wrongs naturally lead to gossip and slander. I am sure that all of us can recall when we have heard persons go on for … Continue reading
In the last issue of the article I shared that the first characteristic of the Eastern Church is that it is communal. Another characteristic of the Eastern Church is that it is intuitive. Although the Eastern Church is firmly supported … Continue reading
St. Paul said this: “Make sure that no one traps you and deprives you of your freedom through some secondhand, empty, rational philosophy based on the principles of this world instead of on Christ. In His body lives the fullness … Continue reading