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December 02, 2022

What St Athanasius Taught Monks In Egypt

Charity, love, is to be given to all. Those in in need, especially if they...

October 2022

October 11, 2022

Incarnation, Interdependence And The Common Good

One of the things the Christian faith teaches us is that we are in this...

July 2022

July 17, 2022

Love And Glory

Jesus glorified God the Father in everything he did. “I glorified thee on earth, having...

June 2022

June 14, 2022

We Must Unite The Material And Spiritual Aspects Of Our Being

Human existence is at once spiritual and corporeal. As such, we must engage both aspects...

May 2022

May 02, 2022

God’s Does Not Desire To Throw Anyone Away

God is merciful and kind; God loves us and does not want to put undue...

March 2022

March 06, 2022

No Orthodoxy Without Orthopraxis

Apparent orthodoxy, right belief, without orthopraxis, right action, is not true orthodoxy. What we do...

January 2022

January 09, 2022

Taken In By Christ

Paul told us of the two-part journey of the God-man, Jesus. The first part of...

December 2021

December 24, 2021

Gifts Of Love

Christ is Born! Glorify Him! The birth of Christ is celebrated around the world with...

December 19, 2021

Honoring Ancestors

Our family heritage is important. Who we are, at least in part, comes from those...

December 14, 2021

The Paradoxical Unity Of God And Creation Revealed In The Unity Of The Beginning And The End

Jesus tells us he is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end...

December 12, 2021

Before And After Christ

The historical time before Christ was a time of preparation; grace was seeded throughout the...

December 05, 2021

The Void Is Overcome

Creation, and all that is in it, are united as one. All creation shares with...

December 01, 2021

The Poor Victim On The Cross And The Eucharist

The Son of God assumed human nature to become the Son of Man. Paul tells...

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November 21, 2021

What We Do Matters

What we do in life is important. The way we live, the way we treat...

September 2021

September 17, 2021

We Are Called To Join Ourselves To The Humanity Of God

Already and not yet – the eschaton is already with us, the kingdom of God...

September 08, 2021

The Firmament And The Incarnation

In Genesis, we read of the establishment of the firmament: And God said, "Let there...

August 2021

August 16, 2021

The Incarnation And The Unity Between Temporal And Eternal Existence

We were made for eternity and yet we find ourselves living in time. This means,...

August 15, 2021

Mary Died

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

January 2021

January 17, 2021

Zacchaeus And the Truth Of The Incarnation

The incarnation must not be treated as the ultimate form of deus ex machina; when...

December 2020

December 08, 2020

Mary, Our Grace-Filled Gift

Mary, the Theotokos, the Mother of God, was conceived and born with special grace in...

November 2020

November 30, 2020

Incarnation and Providence

In his reflections on providence, St. Thalassios considers the depths of God’s love for us....

November 08, 2020

Theosis: God’s Plan For Creation

The teaching of theosis tells us that God became man so that man can become...

August 2020

August 26, 2020

Kenosis And The Christian Life

Paul tells us to look at the God-man in the incarnation, to contemplate his kenosis,...

January 2020

January 24, 2020

God, Humanity and Exile

In the 16th century, Rabbi Isaac Luria presented his own developed insight on the Kabbalah....

January 21, 2020

St. Maximos, The Purpose of Humanity and Universal Salvation

In his works, St. Maximos the Confessor indicated God’s desire for humanity: In the beginning,...

November 2019

November 21, 2019

Entering the Temple

Today is the prelude of God's goodwill and the prophecy of the salvation of men....

November 18, 2019

Jesus and the Beasts

Sometimes people say that because God became man, and not some other animal like a...

November 11, 2019

Theodore the Studite On Christian Images: Overcoming Temptations To Iconoclasm

Christians, even in the ante-Nicene era (as can be seen in the catacombs), created and...

October 2019

October 21, 2019

Not Just Salvation, But Glorification

It is a sad fact that for many, Christianity, the Christian faith, is believed to...

September 2019

September 18, 2019

Christians Need To Acknowledge Others Worship God With Them

When philosophers and theologians talk about the existence of God, they talk about God in...

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