Israel calls the United States its greatest friend—maybe its only friend in the current climate of warfare against Palestinians. Why is it? And even a stranger question: Why would a democracy such as ours offer almost...
Like good Jews everywhere, the disciples of the Lord had been resting. It was the Sabbath, and that didn’t change. But their hearts were not at rest. Churning inside with frustration, confusion, hope that had been dashed to...
How like Jesus to rise above the excruciating pain and the agony of His last moments on earth to care for the needs of His mother. As He told Peter to care for His disciples after he himself would recover from the shame of...
We can learn from every apostle, even from Judas Iscariot. The gospels encourage us to emulate those who have set their shoulders to the plow (Luke 9:62). We learn also the fate of those who abandon Christ. Loyalty,...
On the fourth Sunday of the Great Lent the Holy Church honors the memory of St. John called Climacus, which means “The Ladder.” He’s called that because of the astounding book he wrote dedicated to helping those serious...
Jesus understood that Peter would not bring himself to confess that he was the Lord’s disciple. He knew also that after a period of inner struggle, Simon would again regain his faith. Thus He doesn’t say “if,” but “when you...
The media is a secular organ of society, but it can produce enormous spiritual benefits. In exposing the heinous crimes against little children by grown men it is achieving a blessed good deed for humanity. Who can read the...
The Sunday of Orthodoxy celebration has a double feature: A procession of icons and the condemnation of all heresies of the past. They are integrally connected. However, non-Orthodox and even some of our own faithful look...
This is perhaps the most powerful statement in the Bible: you may be partakers of the divine nature. What it doesn’t mean is that we can become part of the very essence of God, for that would be the ultimate blasphemy. No...
St. Paul says that he remembers his friends at Philippi every time he prays. How fortunate it would be to one of them. He prayed for each, by name or by remembering the faces. He gave thanks to the Lord Almighty and let them...