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September 2017

September 29, 2017
Free will, as all things given to us by God, is good. When it is...
September 27, 2017
And he said this, "If he is able to, a monk ought to tell his...
September 25, 2017
Just as truth does not contradict truth, and yet, truth separated and elevated in its...
September 21, 2017
No one does evil for the sake of being evil.
September 19, 2017
We must struggle with the racism within ourselves. We must realize it is not always...
September 18, 2017
Patriarch Theophilus of Alexandria, uncle and predecessor to St. Cyril of Alexandria, had a rather...
September 13, 2017
While we have become accustomed to the cross, seeing it as a representation of the...
September 12, 2017
On September 1, 2017, Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew released a joint message for the...
September 11, 2017
He also said, "Obedience with abstinence gives men power over wild beasts."[1] There are many...
September 07, 2017
The birth of the Mother of God, Mary, was a special event in human history.
September 06, 2017
When we were growing up, our parents often told us all kinds of stories about...
September 04, 2017
It was a standing rule of an earlier age: those who converted to the Christian...
September 01, 2017
The call of the Christian, the call of the one who has received forgiveness in...

August 2017

August 30, 2017
Abba Anthony said, "Whoever hammers a lump of iron, first decides what he is going...
August 28, 2017
In the Tao te Ching, Lao Tzu (or whoever wrote and edited the text), often...
August 25, 2017
The needs of the body and the needs of the soul are inter-related. Our body...
August 23, 2017
The whole of creation is filled with the glory of God. Even though it is...
August 21, 2017
When the poor are oppressed by those with wealth or power, when their weakness and...
August 18, 2017
Abba Anthony once went to visit Abba Amoun in Mount Nitria and when they met,...
August 16, 2017
A Christian Samurai: The Trials of Baba Bunkō by William J. Farge, SJ. (Washington, DC:...
August 14, 2017
In giving birth thou didst preserve thy virginity; in falling asleep thou didst not forsake...
August 13, 2017
Christians are called to be imitators of Christ, indeed, to be christs in Christ. They...
August 11, 2017
Soon after soon after being tortured, having his tongue and right hand cut off, and...
August 09, 2017
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD“ (Deut. 6:4 RSV). Despite some...
August 07, 2017
He also said, "Always have the fear of God before your eyes. Remember him who...
August 04, 2017
Thou wast transfigured on the mount, O Christ God,/ revealing Thy glory to Thy disciples...
August 02, 2017
Baptism, Chrismation (confirmation), and communion, when considered together, have been called the sacraments of initiation....

July 2017

July 31, 2017
In traditional Japanese beliefs and practices, there is a belief in a sacred power, kami,...
July 26, 2017
He also said, "Nine monks fell away after many labors and were obsessed with spiritual...
July 25, 2017
Good is always mixed with evil wherever evil is to be found, for evil thrives...
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