At the ending of this article in the last Bulletin, I began sharing with you what scholars say about the dating of both Luke’s Gospel and Acts. Some scholars feel that Acts must have been written while Paul was still … Continue reading
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Another outstanding Father of the Church, which everyone should be acquainted with, is MAXIMOS THE CONFESSOR. I truly hope that his name does not come as a surprise to anyone reading my Bulletin since I have mentioned him many times … Continue reading
It is important to remember that the call to holiness is a call to cooperate with God in developing the spiritual side of our nature as human beings. When God created humans, He gave them a two-fold nature, that is … Continue reading
Although our Church celebrated the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Monday, September 14th, we are celebrating it as a community this weekend, which is within the octave of the feast. It is one of the 12 … Continue reading
We can grow in the likeness of God by embracing the WAY of Jesus. God has given us the potential to do this. It seems, however, that this only happens when we first admire the man Jesus and decide that … Continue reading
In the last issue of this article, I presented the first two of three stages of “freedom from anger”. As was fairly obvious, I think, anger usually is the result of a lack of humility. The first two stages of … Continue reading
This weekend we hear these profound words of St. Paul: May I never boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ! Through it, the world has been crucified to me and I to the world. We are … Continue reading
As you, my readers, have probably already decided, Cyril is not necessarily easy to understand. In the last issue I shared with you that in Cyril it is the Transfiguration glory that is a foreshadowing of that vision of Christ … Continue reading
Hopefully you, my readers, are having as much fun with these smart and stupid ways of thinking about God as I am having in sharing them. As I shared, I am taking these ideas from Michael Shevack and Jack Bemporad, … Continue reading
In dealing with the eighth step of the Ladder, which is MEEKNESS and the LOSS OF ANGER, St. John presents three stages of freedom from anger. Overcoming anger is by no means easy. The Ladder presents three stages of progress … Continue reading