Reflections in Christ

Psalm 42

As a deer longs 
for flowing streams,
 so longs my soul
 for thee, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
(Psalm 42:1)

Psalm 41

Blessed is the man who cares for the poor and the weak
(Psalm 41:1)

Care for the poor is a constant theme in the…

Psalm 40 and Nelson Mandela

Sacrifices and offerings thou hast not desired,

but a body hast thou prepared for me;
in burnt offerings and sin offerings thou hast taken no pleasure.

Psalm 39

I said I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue
(Psalm 39:1)

Saint Nikolai Velimirovich (1881-1956), or Saint Nikolai…

When Joseph first saw the mighty wonder, he thought he saw only a human child wrapped in swaddling clothes.  But from all that came to pass, he discovered the Child to be the True God Who grants the world great mercy!  [Vespers of the Prefeast of the Nativity]

Christmas tells the same wonderful story…

Psalm 38

Do not forsake me, O Lord!
 O my God, be not far from me!
Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
(Psalm 38: 21-22)

Psalm 37

“The Lord guides a man safely in the way he should go” (Ps 37:23).

Saint Innocent of Alaska left behind this verse as a theme for the sermon to be preached…

In a piece published in the Telegraph at www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10458380/Christianity-at-risk-of-dying-out-in-a-generation-warns-Lord-Carey.html, we learn that a former…

Psalm 36

For with Thee is the fountain of life, and in Thy light shall we see light.
Continue Thy mercy unto those who know Thee.
Psalm 36:9-10 (Great Doxology)

In an article titled “A Moveable Fast,”  the scholar Elyssa East summarized the history of our American Thanksgiving, and the intentions and practices of the early New England colonists toward this national feast.  Initially, she writes, Thanksgiving was built around the Christian rhythm of fasting and feasting.  Bearing…