Reflections in Christ

“Behold the clothes in the grave. Go and proclaim to the world: “The Lord is risen. He has slain death, as He is the Son of God, saving the race of men!” ...

Psalm 93

The Lord is King [reigns]; He is robed in majesty;

the Lord is robed, He is girded with strength…

Every year during Lent, we invite into our churches a great pastor, Saint Andrew of Crete, and listen while he leads us in a meditation on sin and repentance.  That is, we listen while his Great Canon is chanted…

Psalm 92: “A Song for the Sabbath”

It is good to give thanks [to confess] to the Lord,
 to sing praises to Thy name, O Most High;
to declare Thy steadfast love in the morning,
 and Thy faithfulness by night…

Psalm 91

For He will give his angels charge of you to guard you in all your ways.
On their hands they will bear you up, lest you dash…

“Where shall I begin to weep for the actions of my wretched life?  What first-fruit shall I offer, O Christ, in this my lamentation?  But in Thy…

During the five Sundays of Great Lent we celebrate the Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great on the Lord’s Day.  This Liturgy is used on five other occasions during the year, two more of which are…

Psalm 90

Lord, Thou hast been our refuge [dwelling place] in all generations.
Before the mountains existed, and [before] the earth and the world were formed, even from age…

During the mid-point of Great Lent, on the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross, the following verses are sung at the Alleluia just before the reading of the Gospel:  “Remember Thy congregation which Thou hast gotten of old.  God…

Psalm 89

I will sing of thy steadfast love, O Lord, for ever;

with my mouth I will proclaim Thy faithfulness to…