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2020-05-13T09:29:22-05:00

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

Last updated on: May 13, 2020 at 9:29 am By Henry Karlson

In the Byzantine Calendar, the fifth Sunday of the Paschal Season (or the fourth Sunday after Easter) commemorates St. Photina, the Samaritan woman who encountered Jesus at Jacob’s well. On it, we are reminded once again of the way Jesus acted contrary to the expectations of his time, showing us that his followers, likewise, must transcend social conventions if and when they hinder the kingdom of God. Eva Catafygiotu Topping expresses quite well one of the important elements of this... Read more

2020-05-08T03:19:41-05:00

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The Walking Self-Righteous Dead

Last updated on: May 8, 2020 at 3:19 am By Henry Karlson

Those who are self-righteous, those who are so self-absorbed in their own ideas of righteousness that they end up being cold and uncharitable towards others, are in reality far from the righteousness which they claim to possess. It is true, they might have attained some level of virtue, at least in relation to the virtue which they pursued, but that is all they have. They have closed themselves off, in their own self-absorption, from the source of righteousness itself so... Read more

Sayings of the Desert Fathers

2020-05-07T03:19:18-05:00

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

Last updated on: May 7, 2020 at 3:19 am By Henry Karlson

Despite the fact that COVID-19 continues to be a major threat to the United States, despite the fact that COVID-19 cases continue to increase, with the distinct possibility that it will cause over three thousand deaths a day in June, many States have decided to stop properly dealing with the threat. Instead, they seem to be listening to the protestors and will do as the protestors demand: prematurely open up the States, even though this will lead to a unnecessary... Read more

2020-05-05T03:27:21-05:00

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Meaning and Scripture

Last updated on: May 5, 2020 at 3:27 am By Henry Karlson

Sacred Scripture is made up of those texts which hold a central place in representing the Christian faith. “Sacred Scriptures are those which were produced by men who cultivated the catholic faith and which the authority of the universal church has taken over to be included among the Sacred Books and preserved to be read for the strengthening of that same faith.”[1] The various books which make up the canon of Scripture take on a greater meaning when they are... Read more

2020-05-03T03:29:05-05:00

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Patience and the Paralytic Man

Last updated on: May 3, 2020 at 3:29 am By Henry Karlson

Patience. For many of us, as we are used to getting most of what we want, whenever we want it, patience is a virtue which we have lost. We do not want to wait for anything. Waiting a week for something seems way too long. As a result, when things change, and we find ourselves dealing with a crisis in our lives, we not only have to cope with the crisis, we have to deal with our impatience in trying... Read more

2020-05-01T03:28:54-05:00

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What Good Is There In Going To Church If We Do Not Love Our Neighbor?

Last updated on: May 1, 2020 at 3:28 am By Henry Karlson

When disease strikes, we deal with it as is needed. It affects our lives. We stop doing the things we normally did so that we can rest and recover. We might wish things were otherwise, but so long as we are sick, we have to accept that we are ill and our lives will be different until we are better. What kind of ailment we have will determine what that means. If what we have is communicable, we do what... Read more

Sayings of the Desert Fathers

2020-04-29T03:27:38-05:00

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Reopening Churches After The Lockdown

Last updated on: April 29, 2020 at 3:27 am By Henry Karlson

Trying to slow the spread of COVID-19 to manageable levels has brought much of the world to a standstill. Many, not understanding the measures being used to halt the spread of COVID-19, have demanded that the various lockdowns around the world to be lifted. Doing so too soon will be dangerous, and will likely result in another spike in COVID-19 cases. The fact that many states in the United States are slowly opening up before all the necessary resources needed... Read more

2020-04-27T06:47:42-05:00

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The Holy Spirit and Deaconesses

Last updated on: April 27, 2020 at 6:47 am By Henry Karlson

In the so-called Apostolic Constitutions, probably written in late 4th century Syria, we read not only of deaconesses in the church, we see that they were understood as serving as a type of the Holy Spirit. The Apostolic Constitutions did not do this by themselves; they followed the precedence given to it by the early third century Teachings of the Apostles (Didascalia Apostolorum), as Corrado Marucci indicates: According to the Apostolic Constitutions the deaconesses are gathered from among the virgins and... Read more

2020-04-26T03:24:09-05:00

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Women and the Resurrection

Last updated on: April 26, 2020 at 3:24 am By Henry Karlson

Time is important. What happens in time doesn’t merely have temporal significance, it has eternal significance. The transcendence of eternity is an inclusive transcendence. While, theoretically, the transcendence of eternity could mean that eternity is not shaped by what happens in time, in reality, they are related to each other so that what happens in time shapes eternity even as eternity shapes time. The interdependence of the two, the non-duality which connects the two, is one of the great revelations... Read more

2020-04-24T04:44:28-05:00

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God Does Not Throw Us Away

Last updated on: April 24, 2020 at 4:44 am By Henry Karlson

Hans Urs von Balthasar suggests that the way many of us treat the concept of hell is to use it as a weapon to condemn others. We warn people who do things we do not like that they risk going to hell, but we rarely consider the possibility for ourselves: But woe is me if, looking back, I see how others, who were not so lucky as I, are sinking beneath the waves; if, that is, I objectify hell and... Read more

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