Reflections in Christ

In the Orthodox Church, the last Sunday before Great Lent – the day on which, at Vespers, Lent is liturgically announced and inaugurated – is called Forgiveness…

Psalm 76

Pray and make your vows before the Lord our God!
In Judah God is known; His name is great in Israel!
Psalm 76:11, 1 (Sunday Prokeimenon, tone 8)

Psalm 75 (New King James Version)

We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks!
 For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.

“When I choose the proper time,
 I will judge…

Psalm 74

Thy foes have roared in the midst of Thy holy place;
 they set up their own signs for signs.

At the upper entrance they hacked
 the wooden trellis…

Psalm 73

Truly God is good to the upright, to those who are pure in heart.
But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,
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As we draw closer to the beginning of Great Lent, we are able to set our Lenten efforts against the background of the Last Judgment, thus giving us the “big picture” within which we live our lives and…

Everyone you meet and have ever met wears a mask.  You do too.  From the time we were children, we have been taught that certain things were acceptable and certain other…

Psalm 72

May He have dominion from sea to sea…
(Psalm 72:8 )

Psalm 71: Trusting God Over a Lifetime

For thou, O Lord, art my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
Upon Thee I have leaned from my birth…

Psalm 70

Make haste, O God to deliver me!
Make haste to help me, O Lord! ...