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2021-01-26T07:42:42-05:00

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Never Again Another Auschwitz

Last updated on: January 26, 2021 at 7:42 am By Henry Karlson

January 27, 1945. Soviet soldiers, without looking for it, without knowing what they would soon discover, arrived at Auschwitz. The Germans had already given up on the concentration camp. They left it, forcing many of its inmates to go with them on a death march. Those who were too infirm, the elderly and the extremely young, those who could not make such a march, were left behind, as were the bodies of several hundred of the Jews which had recently... Read more

2021-01-25T04:12:26-05:00

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Human Nature

Last updated on: January 25, 2021 at 4:12 am By Henry Karlson

When we look across history, as well as in the present, we can find a mix of good and bad coming from humanity. We see people who have lived good and noble lives, filled with selfless love, giving of themselves to others, even dying so that others can live, even as we can find some living a life of selfishness, taking whatever they can from others, doing whatever they can to appease their own desires, no matter the consequences of... Read more

2021-01-24T04:04:33-05:00

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Humility And Grace

Last updated on: January 24, 2021 at 4:04 am By Henry Karlson

Preparing the faithful for the Great and Holy Fast (Great Lent), the Byzantine tradition gives us various Sundays with spiritual lessons and teachings which remind us of our need for grace. We are not to presume too much about ourselves based upon our spiritual disciplines. We learn this especially this week with the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisees, a Sunday which reminds us that we should not become prideful, thinking we can and will be justified before God... Read more

Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee

2021-01-21T06:04:39-05:00

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Unity After Trump

Last updated on: January 21, 2021 at 6:04 am By Henry Karlson

Evil corrupts and divides. That is how evil works. It perverts the good, using elements of the good to destroy the good from the inside. Evil wants to appear to be good, and to be united with what is good, so that it can take more of that good and corrupt it, thereby rendering the good null and void. Unity with evil only leads to corruption and division, while on the other hand, what evil takes, still possesses some good,... Read more

2021-01-20T04:09:45-05:00

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Share With Others

Last updated on: January 20, 2021 at 4:09 am By Henry Karlson

“But if any one has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?” (1 Jn. 3:17 RSV). John pricks our conscience in this passage. He wants us to know that if we abide in God with love, God will abide in us in love. But this love must be a love for God which has us reach out and take care of others. If we love... Read more

Sayings of the Desert Fathers

2021-01-18T04:13:22-05:00

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The Witness Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Last updated on: January 18, 2021 at 4:13 am By Henry Karlson

Martyrdom, baptism in blood, cleanses martyr from all their sins. Passion bearers, those who renounce the path of violence all the way unto death, imitate Christ in the way they accept death. Passion bearers, when confronted with death, do not fight back. They do not resist their killers. Instead, with a great love for humanity and a disdain for violence, they show love, compassion and forgiveness even to their murderers, imitating the way Christ faced his own death. Martyrs, unlike... Read more

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2021-01-17T04:13:51-05:00

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Zacchaeus And the Truth Of The Incarnation

Last updated on: January 17, 2021 at 4:13 am By Henry Karlson

The incarnation must not be treated as the ultimate form of deus ex machina; when it is perceived as God acting in a contrived manner to fix the problem of sin, its purpose is misunderstood. God the Son, the Logos, entered creation in order to deify it, completing and fulfilling what was intended for it since its inception. Evil perverted creation, but it could not stop God’s plan for it. It was important for the incarnation to engage evil, to... Read more

2021-01-14T06:52:05-05:00

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Cancel And Replace The March For Life

Last updated on: January 14, 2021 at 6:52 am By Henry Karlson

The March for Life should be cancelled. Yes, COVID19 is one reason why it should be cancelled this year, because if they want to promote life, they need to protect the people who would go to the march and those who would otherwise come in contact with them. But, more importantly, the March for Life serves a political purpose, one which runs contrary to the promotion of life. This can be seen in the way in 2020 Donald Trump used... Read more

2021-01-13T04:11:42-05:00

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Nothing Apart From God

Last updated on: January 13, 2021 at 4:11 am By Henry Karlson

“For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself” (Gal. 6:3 RSV). If we understands this statement correctly, we should realize that no one is something in and of themselves. Everyone comes out of nothing, for God created us out of nothing, ex nihilo. Outside of God, we are nothing. Thus, as St. John of Kronstadt points out, when we realize our inherent nothingness, we should discern how only God can be said to... Read more

2021-01-11T07:31:12-05:00

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After The Recent Coup Attempt, Christians Must Speak Up And Resist Evil Coming From Within The Church

Last updated on: January 11, 2021 at 7:31 am By Henry Karlson

Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, said it is better for the body to lose its eye or hand than to use them for evil: If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better that... Read more

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