Sheep Dog or Guard Dog?
In an issue of the Road to Emmaus journal I read a wonderful interview with Fr. Artemy Vladimirov, a priest in Moscow, in which…
Reflections in Christ
The Lord’s Prayer: The Final Doxology
For most English speaking people in our culture, the Lord’s Prayer ends with the words, “For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and…”
The Lord’s Prayer: “Lead Us Not into Temptation, but Deliver Us from Evil”
The next petition in the Lord’s Prayer is, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil”. These two conjoined sentences…
The Lord’s Prayer: “Forgive Us our Trespasses”
We come now in our series on the Lord’s Prayer to the petition, “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us”. This rendering…
The Patron Saint of What?
“He who dwells in peace collects spiritual gifts as it were with a scoop, and he sheds the light of knowledge on others.” - St. Seraphim of Sarov…
St. Basil the Great Polemicist
It is easy looking back at St. Basil and his patristic compatriots from such a distance to forget that they too lived in times of struggle and…
The Lord’s Prayer: “Give Us This Day our Daily Bread”
We continue with our examination of the Lord’s Prayer, and come now to the petition, “Give us today our daily bread”. One might be…
The Lord’s Prayer: “Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will be Done”
We continue with our examination of the Lord’s Prayer, and come now to the petition “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven”...
The Lord’s Prayer: “Hallowed be Thy Name”
We continue in this series with our examination of the Lord’s Prayer phrase by phrase, using Matthew’s version of the Prayer. We turn now to…
The Lord’s Prayer: “Our Father who art in heaven”
We continue this series examining the Lord’s Prayer phrase by phrase, using Matthew’s version of the Prayer rather than Luke’s. We will…