In the third stage of spiritual development, a person starts to think about God more in terms of the proper rules and regulations that must be kept in order to have a good relationship with God. This, of course, parallels … Continue reading
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My heavenly Father will treat you in exactly the same way that you treat your brother! The poignant message we hear in the Christ parable shared in today’s Gospel is that God will treat us exactly in the same way … Continue reading
Understanding The Theology of Our Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Faith — 20150809 August in our Church is, probably one of the liturgically more intense months of the year in terms of the individual feasts that we celebrate. There are three major feasts … Continue reading
As I again prepared another sermon, I thought to myself: What a loving God we say we believe in. He loves us so very much that He went to great lengths to show us how to live so that we … Continue reading
In this article I have begun to share with my readers some thoughts about the stages of spiritual development. Being called to holiness, I believe that it is important to know the stages that we must go through in order … Continue reading
There is another outstanding Greek Father of the Church whose writings we should all be aware of, that is St. Cyril, the Patriarch of Alexandria. He wrote much on the resurrection of the human body. It has been said that … Continue reading
I would finish these thoughts on the sixth step of the Ladder, Remembrance of Death, with these few additional comments. When we remember death, life is put into perspective. We will not waste our time on things that are not … Continue reading
The fourth stupid way to think about God is GOD AS THE GODFATHER. This way of thinking would have God respond to you, when you ask Him for a favor, in this fashion: So you want a favor. You say … Continue reading
After we have prayed during the Anaphora that the Holy Trinity change the bread and wine into the True Body and Blood of Christ, we commemorate all those who have gone before us into the spiritual dimension, especially the Mother … Continue reading
I have begun sharing thoughts about the first, second and third Letters that are attributed to John. Dating these letters is truly difficult. There is a consensus that they are later than the gospel of John, most likely written around … Continue reading