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The Sacrament of the Heart
Read more: The Sacrament of the HeartScholars of the New Testament occasionally conjecture about what is termed the ipsissima verba of Christ, the “very words themselves.” It is a term for those sayings that are considered historically authentic beyond question. One saying which in my opinion belongs to such a category are the so-called “words of institution” (“this is my body…this […]
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God’s Grandmother
Read more: God’s GrandmotherToday is the patronal feast of my parish, St. Anne. St. Anne (Anna) was the wife of St. Joachim. Joachim and Anna were the parents of the Virgin Mary, according to the early tradition of the Church. In Orthodox commemorations they are referred to as the “ancestors of God.” It is a shocking title, perhaps […]
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Rational Sheep and the Word of God
Read more: Rational Sheep and the Word of GodAny parent who has raised a child has witnessed the miracle of human language. Even children with handicaps find ways to communicate except in the most extreme circumstance. The genius of language is not something we learn – it is instinctual for human beings. Those who study linguistics and neurobiology recognize that we have an […]
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Beauty and the Face of God
Read more: Beauty and the Face of GodEverything is beautiful in a person when he turns toward God, and everything is ugly when it is turned away from God. Fr. Pavel Florensky +++ In thinking about darkness and light – and their role in our apprehension of the truth – I cannot but think about Beauty, which is a primary place in […]
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Unshakeable Reality
Read more: Unshakeable RealityIn his novel, The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis imagines a bus-load of people who travel from “hell” to “heaven.” Their trip takes them from a place described as “gray,” and ghost-like in its not-so-solid existence. Heaven, on the other hand, is quite solid. The day-trippers find the most immediate difficulty of their journey to be […]
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The Heart of Darkness – the Dawn of Mercy
Read more: The Heart of Darkness – the Dawn of MercyThe Christian faith is not about ideas – it is about things that are. As such, we do not need to cultivate theological systems – we need to know how to live. This also tells us something about darkness. The dangers we face are not found in mistaken ideas – they are found in the […]
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To Tell the Truth
Read more: To Tell the TruthAbba Poemen said, “Teach your mouth to say that which is in your heart. +++ Speaking the truth is as fundamental as the Ten Commandments. It also receives a great deal of attention within the pages of the New Testament. Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with […]
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The Transformation of Orthodoxy
Read more: The Transformation of OrthodoxyI apologize. There are many others who can write with far more knowledge and expertise about this topic. I write out of deep gratitude from within the limits of my situation. On July 1, the Very Rev. Peter Gillquist fell asleep in the Lord. His story, along with that of many others, is part of […]
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The Long Journey Home
Read more: The Long Journey HomeIt’s not getting to the land of the dead that’s the problem. It’s getting back. – Capt. Hector Barbossa, Pirates of the Caribbean at World’s End It is possible to speak in great detail about the origins and problems of the “false-self” (ego). Once the characteristics of the ego, it’s narrative, defenses, aggression, and unrelenting […]
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Is Anybody There? Speaking to the Heart
Read more: Is Anybody There? Speaking to the Heart“Talking to you is like talking to a fence post!” I can still hear the words. I don’t remember who said them – but I heard them sometime in my teenage years. The occasion was doubtless some sort of argument. There were many things to argue about: Love, Peace, War, Jesus, Drugs, Sex, Rock ‘n […]
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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…
I think it’s more related to the rational approach in the west, Dee. Catholics teach that the child must be…
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Hello Dee. While most lay Catholics (I prefer saying Catholic over Roman Catholic) are not aware of this (IMO), salvation…