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October 12, 2026

How Tradition Points Away From The Death Penalty

Once again, the death penalty is in the news. This has been, in part, because...

June 2026

June 04, 2026

Misinterpretations Of Colbert’s Remarks On The Afterlife

One of the dogmatic teachings of the Catholic Church, a teaching which was officially defined...

June 23, 2025

Some Christians Embrace A Death Cult Mentality With Trump

It’s hard not to believe that much of Trump’s support comes from those who embrace...

September 2024

September 20, 2024

Death Can Be Both An Evil And A Good

Sadly, many Christians like to cut themselves completely off from everyone and everything they believe...

March 2024

March 31, 2024

The New Modality OF Being Revealed In The Resurrection

Christ is Risen! The doctrine of the death and resurrection of Christ is not about...

March 23, 2024

Lazarus And The Tragedy Of Death

God created the world, and therefore created us, out of love. Through what the God-man...

November 2023

November 24, 2023

The Dead And The Resurrection

Jesus is the resurrection and the life: through him, the dead will come back to...

November 20, 2023

The Toll Houses

One of the most controversial topics in contemporary Eastern Christian discussions (Orthodox and Catholic) is...

September 2023

September 08, 2023

Accepting Our Nothingness

God created the universe out of nothing; this makes creation contingent in its existence. The...

August 2023

August 15, 2023

Mary Yes To God Included A Yes To Death

Mary, like all of us, is a created being. She is “of earth,” like the...

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April 09, 2023

Death Has Lost Its Sting In The Resurrection

Christ is Risen! Indeed, He Is Risen! Let us celebrate his resurrection from the dead!...

November 2022

November 20, 2022

From Death To Life, Discord To Unity: Jesus Would Have Us Be One

Jesus is the Logos made flesh. As the Logos, all things come from, or were...

August 2022

August 15, 2022

The Assumption Of Mary Confirms Death Is When Our Story Truly Begins

The dormition and assumption of Mary are two parts of one special event in salvation...

August 14, 2022

Death Comes For All

Jesus, according to Scripture, told his followers that he would eventually be executed. We are...

April 2022

April 17, 2022

Death And Sin Have Been Overcome

Christ is Risen! Death was overcome by its own devices; it no longer reigns supreme....

November 2021

November 26, 2021

Killing Is Not Good

Pope St. John Paul II tried to prevent the Iraq War, but President G.W. Bush...

October 2021

October 28, 2021

Halloween

Traditionally, Christians used the symbolism of night and day to express the difference between the...

August 2021

August 15, 2021

Mary Died

Mary died. Mary, the Mother of God, died. She was human like the rest of...

May 2021

May 20, 2021

Bloodlust Promotes Injustice, Not Justice

The bloodthirsty nature of many of those who call themselves pro-life reveals itself every time...

April 2021

April 04, 2021

Christ Restores All Things

Christ is Risen! “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,...

December 2020

December 11, 2020

So Pro-Life, They Are Willing To Kill

Life is a sacred gift given by God. The Lord of life, God, has indicated...

October 2020

October 05, 2020

Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti, And The Death Penalty

Christians are to be guided by the principle of mercy. “Be merciful, even as your...

August 2020

August 18, 2020

Jesus And The Death Penalty

Jesus, was asked what should be done concerning a woman caught in adultery. Those who...

April 2020

April 04, 2020

The Raising of Lazarus and Us

Before entering Jerusalem, Jesus demonstrated that he is the Lord of the living and the...

March 2020

March 15, 2020

The Cross, The Sign and Path of Love

Now the flaming sword no longer guards the gates of Eden; It has mysteriously been...

December 2019

December 12, 2019

On The Holy Passion Bearers

There is in the Eastern Christian spiritual tradition, especially in Russia, the notion of the...

September 2019

September 25, 2019

How Dare We?!?!?

The oceans are warming. We have known this for some time. The oceans are warming,...

September 14, 2019

The Cross, Once A Sign of Death, Now Is Elevated As A Sign Of Life

With the revelation of God given to us at the cross, we are shown how...

August 2019

August 27, 2019

In Honor of St. Moses the Ethiopian

Palladius, in the Lausiac History, relates of a remarkable story of St. Moses the Ethiopian....

August 08, 2019

The Death Penalty Cannot Be Justified Through Retributive Justice Or Self-Defense

Defenders of the death penalty usually employ one or two distinct strategies in their apologetics,...

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