Archive for March 2022

A Robust Faith Today the Church commemorates a miracle of robust faith nearly 1700 years ago. It was the first week of Great Lent, and the faithful were fasting, as was their tradition. In an attempt to kill the faithful Christians, the pagans poisoned all the food sources, but God rescued them through the miracle…

Let’s Continue Today is the first day of the Great Fast, but it isn’t the beginning of our journey. It is the beginning of our annual Great Fast, a time when we focus as much attention as possible on growing closer to Christ. Our journey began when we were baptized and will continue until we…

Yesterday I wrote to you about being determined to fight evil. Today, we see how to accomplish the victory. Ever since the Cain murdered Abel, humanity has dealt with violence and death. Kingdoms have risen up against kingdoms and brothers continue to fight brothers. People even try to war against God. This was not the…

I heard yesterday there were Russian soldiers defying orders and betraying the Russian plans to Ukrainians. If it is true, I am reminded that in every tragedy there are those who insist on fighting evil, but today’s blog isn’t about the war in Ukraine. Instead I wanted to talk about our determination to fight evil…

If you currently do not fast regularly or at all… abstain from meat on Wednesdays and Fridays If you currently fast from meat on Wednesdays and Fridays… abstain from meat every day during Great Lent If you currently fast… increase your fasting one “level” this year following the example above beginning with Wednesdays and Fridays.…

Today is the Wednesday of Cheesefare, and that means something in the Church. It means first of all, that we have begun to fast from meat, and are standing (or kneeling as the case might be) on the threshold of the Great Fast. Today is ‘lenten’ in character as it pertains to the services of…

You may not realize it yet, but today is the last day of the first week of Great Lent, sort of. It may only be Friday, but today something changes. You see, in the Church calendar, every day is not “created equal”, and this is most evident during Great Lent. Allow me to explain. This…

One of the challenges of living as a Christian is wondering when Christ will return. I received a comment on yesterday’s blog that the Church should teach Revelation more because people do not know the prophecies. I’m guessing that would mean that more people would live as Christians if they ‘knew’ what God’s plan was,…