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Everything Is In Motion
Read more: Everything Is In MotionFor years I have been told that the meaning of the word hamartia (translated “sin”) means “to miss the mark.” This is certainly accurate. However, the image I have always had in mind has been an arrow aimed at a target and missing the bull’s eye. Thus I have thought of my life as a […]
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The Luck of the Draw
Read more: The Luck of the DrawI have heard Fr. Thomas Hopko quote his father-in-law, Fr. Alexander Schmemann, many times as saying: “Spirituality consists in how you deal with what you’ve been dealt.” The image, of course, is of playing cards. Fr. Alexander’s point is that the circumstances of our lives are beyond our control – our spiritual lives consist in how […]
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Keep the Peace
Read more: Keep the PeacePreserve your inner peace at any cost. Do not trade your inner peace for anything in the world. Make peace with yourself, and heaven and earth will make peace with you. I recall an Anglican abbot once saying that during the Vietnam War his monastery had many visitors and inquirers. He noted many of the […]
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Justice Enough?
Read more: Justice Enough?The human desire for justice is insatiable. And that is a problem. It is a problem because an insatiable desire can never be satisfied: there is no end to our desire for justice. It is a problem because many Christians use justice as a lens for understanding the work of our salvation. The fathers have a term for […]
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On the Foundation of the Apostles and Prophets
Read more: On the Foundation of the Apostles and ProphetsNow therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the […]
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The Mystery of the Forerunner
Read more: The Mystery of the ForerunnerThere is a unanimous witness in the Christian gospels concerning the place of St. John the Baptist. In the Orthodox world he is generally referred to as the Forerunner. All of the gospels agree that he plays a key role in the coming of the Messiah. It is a role that is largely ignored by […]
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Life in a Sacramental World
Read more: Life in a Sacramental WorldAt the ordination of a priest, the consecrated Body of Christ is placed in his hands. He is told to “Guard this!” until the coming of Christ. It is a very solemn moment – the beginning of a lifetime in which a man’s relationship to bread will never be the same. It is also something […]
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
Read more: The Day the Earth Stood StillOrthodox Christians (New Calendar) commemorate the death (Dormition) of the Virgin Mary today. For those for whom such feasts are foreign, it is easy to misunderstand what the Orthodox are about – and to assume that this is simply a feast to Mary because we like that sort of thing. Flippant attitudes fail to perceive […]
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Hello Dee. While most lay Catholics (I prefer saying Catholic over Roman Catholic) are not aware of this (IMO), salvation…
Matthew and Father, In the thinking of the West, which I partake despite myself and preferring not to do so,…
Thanks Fr. Stephen. I think infants are capable of receiving God´s grace in the Eucharist even before they can understand…
Dee, Matthew, The non-confirmation and non-communion of infants in the Catholic West is/was indicative of a juridical approach, and it…
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Dee, Matthew, et al The Eastern Church began a slow and steady “engagement” with the West following the Russian Revolution…