A Brief Reflection on Black Friday
There is something almost “metaphysically unsettling” about “Black Friday.” The very name of this day has an ominous ring to…
Reflections in Christ
Preparing for Christ’s Nativity: The Virgin Mary in Prophecy and Christian Tradition
On November 15, the Church entered the period of the Christian year known as the Nativity Fast (Advent). For…
A Veterans Day Remembrance
On Sunday, November 11, 2018, we will gather in our churches for the Divine Liturgy as our nation celebrates Veterans…
“In an Honest and Good Heart”
Recently at the Divine Liturgy, we heard the Parable of the Sower, as related in Luke 8:5-15. The reception of this…
The Thundering Message
We recently heard the powerful account of Jesus raising from the dead the widow’s son at Nain [Luke 7:11-16]. This…
Grace, Love, Communion
Anyone remotely familiar with the Divine Liturgy will immediately recognize this wonderful blessing during…
The Marks of the Church: The Church as One
Every Sunday we confess in the Creed that the Church is “one” — that is, we confess the unity of the Church of…
Hearing—and keeping—the Word of God
In the “bad ol’ days” when I was still highly resistant to what I now call “Holy Tradition,” I was keen to sniff out the…
Conviction and commitment in the new Church year
“You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God” [Matthew 16:16]. We are now into the Church new year, which…
What Does the Word “Church” Mean?
Every Sunday the Creed is said in Church in which Christians say the words, “I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church.” It…