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If We Walk in the Light…
Read more: If We Walk in the Light…Some further thoughts beyond nature… In my previous post I quoted: “For the Fathers, indeed, personhood is freedom in relation to nature: it eludes all conditioning.” Perhaps my favorite and most reliable theological “buddy” is my wife. No one has the same shared history (we’ve known each other since I was 19 – we met […]
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Beyond Nature
Read more: Beyond NatureDoing a little less than light reading today, I came across the following quote: “For the Fathers, indeed, personhood is freedom in relation to nature: it eludes all conditioning.” The true person then is one that is free, not so much to do something, but from the limitations of nature. From Papanikolaou’s Being with God, […]
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Change of Plans
Read more: Change of PlansThank you to those who prayed for my trip to the monastery for early this week. Minor health issues intervened and we’ve postponed that outing. May God put the kindness of your prayers to His own good use.
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A Poem
Read more: A PoemCome, Lord Jesus, and enter these spaces profaned and yet made holy, Come and abide in us and quicken us with the Light of Thy Presence. Amen. Amen. Amen. Bread and Cup and the Hidden God made manifest, Given to the Hidden Bride manifested only as the hidden faith of broken hearts. “In the fear […]
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The Conception of the Most Holy Theotokos
Read more: The Conception of the Most Holy TheotokosFrom the OCA Website: St Anna, the mother of the Virgin Mary, was the youngest daughter of the priest Nathan from Bethlehem, descended from the tribe of Levi. She married St Joachim (September 9), who was a native of Galilee.For a long time St Anna was childless, but after twenty years, through the fervent prayer […]
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Silent Sentinels and the Saints Among Us
Read more: Silent Sentinels and the Saints Among UsLike many, I recall my highschool years somewhat vividly. Our school was of moderate size with a personal history for most students that increased its impact. It opened in 1965 with grades 7 through 12, among the earliest accomodations in our county to the “baby boom” phenomenon. Existing schools simply could not handle the growing […]
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St. Nikolai Velimirovich – A Saint of the Modern World
Read more: St. Nikolai Velimirovich – A Saint of the Modern World
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The Fullness of Being
Read more: The Fullness of BeingGod is not only unity – He is also the fullness of being. When man seeks life’s riches he instinctively seeks for God. Even material riches involuntarily summon forth in the soul of a religious person the idea of Providence. The infinte diversity of being in the universe likewise turns us toward God. In religious […]
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A Short Post on Culture
Read more: A Short Post on CultureA short thought today on Orthodox Christianity and American culture. My intention in my recent post on this topic was not to lament the lack of Orthodox-produced culture in America, but rather to emphasize how productive of culture Orthodoxy is. It is something completely natural to Orthodox life if it is being lived in its […]
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St. Nicholas is for Sale
Read more: St. Nicholas is for SaleBrowsing the net can bring its surprises. The most dangerous thing in the world is to blindly type in whatever.com (meaning, “what you’re looking for” .com). Looking for things on St. Nicholas (whose feast is the 6th of December), I simply typed in saintnicholas.com and found a site which said: “Saintnicholas.com is for sale.” I […]
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