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“Learning” to Sin
Read more: “Learning” to SinI wrote this more than a year ago. As I go through Great Lent, particularly as it is marked with successive Saturdays (“Soul Saturdays”) in which we pray for the departed, these thoughts become increasingly relevant. I repost them here for that reason. As strange as it sounds – human beings have to “learn to sin.” […]
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What Makes the World Go ‘Round?
Read more: What Makes the World Go ‘Round?It is a popular theme in music to suggest various possibilities for “what makes the world go ’round.” I know of two immediately: music and love. Both are wonderful sentiments but not very useful to me as answers. I have asked the question in this way to yet again bring our thoughts to the nature […]
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New Zealand and Orthodoxy – A Question
Read more: New Zealand and Orthodoxy – A QuestionI know I have readers in all sorts of corners of the world. At the moment I have a young parishioner who is spending some months in New Zealand. He’ll be on the South Island during Pascha and is looking for a good parish to attend. Can any of you good readers recommend a parish […]
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With A Secret Hand
Read more: With A Secret HandOne of the joys of the newly published, Orthodox Study Bible (OSB), containing all the canonical Orthodox books of the Bible, is the fact that the Old Testament was carefully brought into agreement with the text of the Septuagint, long a standard and important liturgical translation for Orthodox Christians. The early Church generally used the […]
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The Walking Wounded
Read more: The Walking WoundedThe more years I serve as a priest, the more aware I become of the “walking wounded.” I do not mean a special category of person by this, but simply a description of who we are as we walk through whatever journey we take. I reflect on this particularly because I can remember not always […]
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The Holy Cross of Christ
Read more: The Holy Cross of ChristIn writing about our union with Christ I offered the following as the response some time ago to a question. It seemed to me, worth a posting of its own, though it be short. I have, however, added a few thoughts to it. This Sunday marks the Sunday of the Cross in the Orthodox journey of […]
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The Truth About the End Times
Read more: The Truth About the End TimesI live in the South – which means plenty of bumper stickers warning, “In case of rapture this car will be unmanned.” I grew up surrounded by preaching on the last days in a context that was decidedly Dispensationalist, Pre-Tribulation, etc. If you are a reader who does not know what all that means then […]
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Going Up the Ladder
Read more: Going Up the LadderFrom St. John Climacus’ The Ladder: A silly person feels hurt when accused or shouted at. He tries to answer back or else at once apologizes to his accuser, not for reasons of humility but to put a stop to his reproaches. In fact you should be silent when ridiculted. Accept patiently these spiritual cauterizations, […]
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It’s Not Just You
Read more: It’s Not Just YouIt’s not just you. St. Isaac the Syrian says: Whenever you wish to make a beginning in some good work, first prepare yourself for the temptations that will come upon you, and do not doubt the truth. For it is the enemy’s custom, whenever he sees a man beginning a good mode of life with […]
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Psalm 124:6-8 – Good News for the Day
Read more: Psalm 124:6-8 – Good News for the DayBlessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. May God keep us […]
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Also Simon… I agree with Fr. Stephen about love. Thanks so much again for you presence here.
I am really glad to have seen these comments on human nature as not sin nature etc. I send my…
Beautifully said Simon. Thank you. I think that probably God desires we all be more like that old Russian woman;…
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