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June 2020

June 25, 2020

We Must Not Let Our Discipline Get In The Way Of The Greater Good

It is good for us to develop a way of life, a discipline or rule...

June 23, 2020

St. Photios And The Filioque

One of the saddest debates in Christian history is that over the inclusion and interpretation...

June 21, 2020

To Have Christ As Lord (A Reflection For The Feast of Saint Mewan)

Christians believe Christ is Lord. This is what makes someone a Christian. There are many...

June 18, 2020

I Can’t Breathe: George Floyd At The Conjunction Of Racial And Environmental Injustice

“I can’t breathe.” George Floyd, in saying these words, spoke for all of us. “I...

June 17, 2020

Hierarchies

God, who is all good, established his creation so that he could share that goodness...

June 15, 2020

The Warning Of The Prophet Amos

The prophet Amos, a goatherd touched by the spirit of God, felt God’s pathos as...

June 14, 2020

Elisha And The Spirit of Prophecy

While Elijah is more famous than his successor, Elisha, we must remember that Scripture indicates...

June 11, 2020

The Pandemic, Racism, Protests, And Systematic Evil

At the Angelus on June 7, 2020, Pope Francis rejoiced in the fact that Italy...

June 10, 2020

Evil Tempts Us With Some Good

There are many goods, many virtues which we can seek after in our lives. But...

June 08, 2020

It Is Better To Be Humble And Simple Than Prideful In Knowledge

St. John of Karpathos reminded his readers, who, because they could read, were among the...

June 07, 2020

God Is Glorified In His Saints

We read in the Psalms of God’s greatness. He is to be understood as being...

June 03, 2020

Tolkien, Forgiveness And Salvation

JR.R. Tolkien, in his letters, talks about the way one of his readers thought Frodo...

June 02, 2020

Economics Must Serve The Common Good

Economics should serve humanity, not humanity, economics. Those with economic privilege, those who have accumulated...

May 2020

May 31, 2020

Pentecost and the Holy Spirit

During the Feast of Booths, Jesus promised his followers that he gives to him the...

May 29, 2020

George Floyd, Systematic Racism And The Need To Change Society

Christians must reject all forms of racism, for, as St. John Paul II declared, “Racism...

May 28, 2020

Fake And Real Virtue

“The virtuous may appear to be bad, but essentially they are good; superficially, the self-important...

May 26, 2020

Individualism Divides What Must Be United

S.L. Frank, writing about society, suggests individuals cannot exist independent from society as they are...

May 24, 2020

Ambiguity, Truth, and the Council of Nicea

The First Ecumenical Council, the Council of Nicea in 325 CE, became understood as an...

May 22, 2020

Sophiology, Science And Technology

Sergius Bulgakov, for a period of his life, considered himself to be a Marxist, but...

May 21, 2020

The Ascension

The final part of Christ’s earthly ministry was not his resurrection from the dead but...

May 18, 2020

Diadochos And the Centrality Of Love

St. Diadochos of Photiki, a bishop-ascetic who participated in the Council of Chalcedon, began his...

May 17, 2020

Christians Must Not Excuse Themselves From Helping Others

When Jesus encountered a man who was born blind, his disciples asked him why the...

May 15, 2020

Injustice, Racism and COVID-19

Pope St. Paul VI, in Octogesima Adveniens, spoke against racial injustice: Among the victims of...

May 14, 2020

Sophiology and Augustine

Wisdom, according to the Psalmist, is at the foundation of creation: “O LORD, how manifold...

May 12, 2020

Truth Does Not Contradict Truth

In his address to the Pontifical Academy of Science in 1996, Pope St. John Paul...

May 10, 2020

A Reflection On Christ’s Encounter With The Samaritan Woman At Jacob’s Well

In the Byzantine Calendar, the fifth Sunday of the Paschal Season (or the fourth Sunday...

May 08, 2020

The Walking Self-Righteous Dead

Those who are self-righteous, those who are so self-absorbed in their own ideas of righteousness...

May 07, 2020

As COVID-19 Continues To Spread, A False Notion Of Freedom Threatens Us All

Despite the fact that COVID-19 continues to be a major threat to the United States,...

May 05, 2020

Meaning and Scripture

Sacred Scripture is made up of those texts which hold a central place in representing...

May 03, 2020

Patience and the Paralytic Man

Patience. For many of us, as we are used to getting most of what we...

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