Reflections in Christ

It has always been true that the Christians were to pray for and to obey the civil authorities. That is both consistent through Church history and the official doctrine of the Church. It’s the official teaching, even when...

A young man asked me if Jesus had a sense of humor. I told him that there’s little evidence of it in His words from the gospels. But as I reflected on it later, I’m not so sure. Granted, some scholars point to the...

Hello. My name is Vera Faith Lord. I am the Director of Alpha Omega Life, Orthodox Christian Pro-Life Outreach. I have with me today the Chairman of my Board of Directors, Father George Livanos, Fr. Theodore Petrides, Fr....

Life in Christ is made up of countless small yet touchingly beautiful miracles.

Throughout the afternoon I had been reading some recent reflections by a variety of bioethicists on the possibilities and apprehensions...

Study these sentences and you will learn much about the Holy Trinity. The first lesson is the connection between love and obedience. Ours is a culture where defiance is acceptable behavior in many places: Children defying...

When man fell and went astray, hopelessly lost and even unaware that he had a direction, goal and purpose for living, God in Christ emptied Himself, as St. Paul put it so clearly. But when Christ came to put it aright,...

Something is new under the sun. A great mystery is revealed—the birth of the Church with the coming of the Holy Spirit. Nothing is accidental to those who live by the light of Christ, and it is not by accident that...

It pleases me to listen to the chanting in our churches done in English by those whose native language is not ours. They don’t get our articles right, especially “the.” The “th” comes out with a French “z” or a harsh “d,”...

The phone rang right at suppertime. An hysterical voice on the other end started berating me for not listening to her, for abandoning her in her most dire need, for not really hearing her confession, for being self-centered...

Once I was asked: “Why should I say that I’m the ‘first of sinners’ in the prayer before Communion? I’m not the first. I know many people who are worse than I.”

I told the communicant that it’s a direct quote from St. Paul...