On this third weekend of our preparation for the Great Fast, we hear readings from St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians and St. Luke’s Gospel. This weekend derives its name, Prodigal Son, from one of Jesus’ most profound parables. … Continue reading
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On this second weekend of the five weekends of preparation for the Great Fast, our readings are taken from the second letter of Paul to Timothy and Luke’s Gospel. In Paul’s second letter he urges Timothy, the Bishop of Ephesus, … Continue reading
On this weekend of Zacchaeus, our Epistle reading is taken from the first letter of Paul to Timothy wherein he states: “Our hopes are fixed on the living God who is the savior of all men, but especially of those … Continue reading
On this fourth weekend of the new year, our first reading are taken from the first letter of St. Paul to Timothy which sets forth Paul’s belief that Christ, Who came into the world to save sinners, dealt with Paul … Continue reading
Our readings for this week are taken from Paul’s letter to the Colossians and Luke’s Gospel. Our Epistle reading tells us that, because we are God’s chosen ones, we should clothe ourselves in virtue. Paul then articulates a number of … Continue reading
This weekend we celebrate the great feast of the Theophany as a spiritual community. It is truly recorded as one of the “theophanic” or “God-revealing” events in the life of Jesus and in human history. In Matthew’s version of the … Continue reading
On this first day of the New Year we remember not only Jesus Christ’s initiation into Judaism and the conferral of His name but also the death of one of the three great Cappadocian Fathers, St. Basil the Great. Our … Continue reading
The readings assigned for our celebration of the Nativity of Christ, God Incarnate, are taken from Paul’s letter to the Galatians and a part of the infancy narrative in Matthew’s Gospel. They are not, perhaps, the readings that one would … Continue reading
On the last weekend before the feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, the Church remembers all the Holy Ancestors of Christ in the flesh. Only two Gospels, namely Matthew and Luke, include any information about the infancy of Jesus. … Continue reading
This weekend is one of two that prepare us for the feast of the Nativity of Christ – the incarnation of God in the Person of Jesus. It is called the weekend of the Forefathers of Christ according to the … Continue reading