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April 12, 2024

How Can God Dwell In Us?

We are called to be temples of God, that is, to have God dwell within...

December 2023

December 17, 2023

Christ Calls All To Glory

Christ came into the world to make it, and everyone in it, better. He does...

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November 28, 2023

Darkness, Light And Glory

Solomon’s Temple, built to house the presence of God, provides us ways to understand various...

September 2022

September 11, 2022

All Other Goods Must Make Way For The Greatest Good Revealed On The Cross

It is easy to miss, in the midst of his words indicating that circumcision was...

September 04, 2022

Faith Without Love Is Dead

Paul understood that if our faith can develop and become strong, it can also weaken;...

August 2022

August 05, 2022

To See Jesus For Who He Is

Things are not always as they seem. Jesus, to so many, seemed one to be...

July 2022

July 13, 2022

Glory, Vainglory, And Humility

“Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for...

April 2022

April 18, 2022

Stand In Glory

Rejoice, and again, rejoice, celebrate the glory of the resurrection! Let us shout out with...

May 2021

May 13, 2021

Earth To Heaven: The Tragedy of History And The Ascension of Jesus

“It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house...

April 2021

April 21, 2021

Christ In Many Forms

At the transfiguration, Jesus was not changed, but rather, Peter, James, and John were changed,...

January 2021

January 03, 2021

John Shows The Way

St. John the Baptist had one mission: prepare the way for the coming of Christ....

September 2020

September 23, 2020

Vainglory Versus True Glory

“Let us have no self-conceit, no provoking of one another, no envy of one another” ...

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March 01, 2020

The Triumph of Orthodoxy, The Triumph of the Kingdom of God

The First Sunday of Lent in the Byzantine cycle is the Sunday of Orthodoxy. This...

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February 25, 2020

Perceiving Christ in Many Forms

Scripture shows us that the God-Man, Jesus, the Logos become flesh, has appeared, and continues...

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...

August 2019

August 06, 2019

The Mystery of the Transfiguration

In the second letter attributed to Peter, there is a reference to the event of...

June 2019

June 02, 2019

The Glorification of the Son: A Reflection on The Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council

It might seem strange that the last Sunday of the Byzantine Paschal cycle, coming after...

May 2019

May 05, 2019

The Myrrh Bearing Women, The First To Preach The Resurrection of Christ

The second Sunday of Eastertide in the Byzantine tradition is the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing...

April 2019

April 25, 2019

Understanding the Resurrection

In 19th and early 20th century Russian philosophy, the writings of Nikolai Fedorov offered an...

April 18, 2019

Christ’s Death Glorified Him As He Worked For the Salvation of All

The death of Jesus must not be attributed to specifically to the Jews. When talking...

April 17, 2019

Put Your Sword Away

Jesus’s fame and popularity among the people of Israel had gone to new heights. After...

August 2018

August 06, 2018

Share The Glory

On Mount Tabor, Peter, James and John saw Jesus transformed in glory. “And after six...

April 2018

April 01, 2018

Jesus Springs Forth From The Dead

Christ is Risen! Today we celebrate this truth: death reigns no more; the final enemy...

March 2018

March 28, 2018

Remembrance of Her

Most of us are tempted with vainglory. We love the praise of others. When we...

December 2017

December 19, 2017

No Exclusive Claims On God

We have a tendency to try to place a hold upon God and believe he...

November 2017

November 24, 2017

St. Catherine Of Alexandria Stands Glorious In Her Victory Against Her Oppressors

St. Catherine’s Monastery, which resides next to the mountain believed to be Mt. Sinai, serves...

August 2017

August 23, 2017

Creation And The Wisdom Of God

The whole of creation is filled with the glory of God. Even though it is...

August 04, 2017

Join In With The Light: A Reflection On The Transfiguration

Thou wast transfigured on the mount, O Christ God,/ revealing Thy glory to Thy disciples...

May 2017

May 29, 2017

Beauty Found In Difference

In medieval lore, various so-called monsters became famous, with Grendel from Beowulf being one of...

April 2017

April 17, 2017

On Providence

Providence is an important, albeit, difficult concept to explore. Because we are dealing with the...

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