The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church is and associated Church of the Catholic Communion. This means, therefore, that it is in full communion with the Patriarch of Rome. It is neither part of, nor subordinated to the largest of the Churches in … Continue reading
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Following the WAY of Jesus is not without challenge. It is, however, the means revealed to us by God to help us discover the true meaning and purpose of life. Life does have a meaning! As I have shared with … Continue reading
St. John advances a very interesting prescription for anger. He recommends singing. He says: Singing in moderation can occasionally ease bad temper. But if it is untimely and immoderate, it may open the path to pleasure. It is not quite … Continue reading
Although I have shared this with my readers before, I believe it is critical to remember that our Church does not profess to know exactly when God chooses to change the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of … Continue reading
A call to holiness is, I believe, a call to know “Who I am.” It is a question that is put to every one of us at many stages of our lives, in many different ways. Somehow it is a … Continue reading
In the last issue of this article, I shared that both the Gospel and Acts present the reaction of townsfolk to Jesus. I already shared how this is presented in the Gospel. In Acts, the theme of rejection by the … Continue reading
We, the delegates of the 6th Session of the Patriarchal Sobor of the UGCC, gathered in Ivano-Frankivsk in the region of Prykarpattya, on the 25th-27th of August 2015, under the leadership of the Father and Head of the UGCC, His … Continue reading
Our Gospel reading for today presents Luke’s version of the calling of the first disciples. A major part of the story deals with Jesus asking Simon to put out into the deep to catch fish. Simon at first refused, thinking … Continue reading
As I am sure all of my readers already know, Jesus, before He was crucified, created a ritual that became the new way of worshipping God. His act of saying that bread and wine can be His very Body and … Continue reading
The seventh stupid way to think about God is GOD THE MACHO MAN. Boy, is this one of the stupidest ways to think about God ever! And one of the most common. He’s spread throughout Judeo-Christian thinking like an epidemic. … Continue reading