The third stupid way to think about God is truly interesting. The authors prefaced their presentation of this third way by this advertisement: Yes, this is the proverbial god of wrath. Ready to show you how much he cares by … Continue reading
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Peter spoke up and said, “Lord, if it is really you, tell me to come to you across the water.” “Come!” he said…. But when Peter perceived how strong the wind was, becoming frightened, he began to sink and cried … Continue reading
I have been sharing with you the 30 steps contained in Climacus’ Ladder of Divine Assent, interpreted for the needs of persons who are not monks. The sixth step, as I shared in the last issue, is the Remembrance of … Continue reading
In the last issue of this article, I shared with my readers that one modern author suggests that the spiritual path consists of nine stages of development which can be understood in terms of the development of consciousness. He warns, … Continue reading
Following 1596 and the Union, the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (UGCC), being an Orthodox Church in communion with Rome, ought to have continued to live an ecclesiological life of prayer traceable to its Patristic roots. Yet the Union of Brest-Litovsk, through … Continue reading
The Letter in the New Testament that is attributed to JUDE, is, perhaps, truly the strangest document in the New Testament (NT). It is one of the shortest, about a page long, and is the most enigmatic. Its authorship, its … Continue reading
St. Gregory teaches, along with all the great Fathers of the Church, the vision of Christ in glory which he sees as truly synonymous with the mystery of the precious and life-giving Cross. This is precisely because the Cross reveals … Continue reading
The Gospel story assigned to be read this weekend is interesting in several regards. It is one of the stories that tells us of the multiplication of the loaves – Jesus feeding many people who came to hear Him teach … Continue reading
In our call to holiness we are called to map the path to the Kingdom of Heaven. The older maps could not take into account the huge amount of scholarship that has been done by modern developmental psychology in mapping … Continue reading
This article has been dealing with the last book in the New Testament, that is Revelation or the Apocalypse. It is one of the most difficult to understand because it abounds in unfamiliar and extravagant symbolism, which at best appears … Continue reading