Archive for February 2022
Order in the Church
This time of year, you can real feel the order in the Church. Since the beginning of the Triodion, you may have noticed the Church has not stopped to prepare us for the Great Fast. This is being accomplished not only in regard to fasting, since the fast from meat begins today, but with the…
Read MoreBrother against Brother
The past few days have seen a new war erupt in the world. The eyes of the world are fixed on Russia and Ukraine, as pictures and videos of people fleeing and bombs exploding are broadcast live throughout the world. Letters from political and religious leaders urging peace and an immediate end to the conflict…
Read MoreSo Many Witnesses
When we are young school children, we get excited on ‘Career Day’ when we get to meet the different examples of doctors, lawyers, teachers, first responders, etc. We get inspired that one day we too will have such honorable careers, and from that early age we begin to plan our future. College choices and even…
Read MoreDon’t Lose Hope
In today’s world it is quite easy to lose hope. Watching the news or scrolling through your social media timeline, and it seems we are surrounded by destruction and hatred. Around every corner we find so many examples of evil in the world and so few examples of love, we begin to wonder if it…
Read MoreUrgency for Salvation
Lately you turn on the news station and you are bombarded with warnings and images of what some believe to be the imminent invasion of Ukraine by Russia. I don’t know whether it is imminent or not, but I do know there is a sense of urgency in the air about to handle the aggression.…
Read MoreA Trap has been Set
Around every corner a trap has been set for us by the evil one. It isn’t always big and scary, but it is deadly. It is the trap of our ego, and we are the ones who bait it every day. As soon as we awake in the morning, we begin to think about how…
Read MoreWait Until Your Father Comes Home!
These words were enough to tame any child and meant that it was already too late to be saved by our mother. She had done everything she could, but we didn’t listen. Our room was still a mess, and our homework was not finished, and we hadn’t even begun to do our chores yet. There…
Read MoreWhen we Repent
Living the Church calendar can be a struggle, to be sure, between having to keep track of the fasting days and feasting days, the services schedules, which readings are assigned to which days. As difficult as it can be, it is that much more difficult to navigate if you do not have a guide. Orthodox…
Read MoreEpisode 359 – Look to Our Own Sins
As we begin the Triodion, the time to prepare our soul for Holy and Great Lent, we must first and foremost look to our own sins rather than the sins of others. It is too easy to focus on the sins of those around us, but until we look at our own sins, we will…
Read MorePleasing God
Some people think it helps the cause of the Church for us to have government on ‘our side’ to fight sin. Others think government just abuses the Church for its own benefit. When the government holds up the teachings of the Church as law, it can have a negative effect on the faithful and the…
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