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July 2017

July 17, 2017
This is the third post on a series exploring the eucharist. Click here for part...
July 14, 2017
Some brothers came to find Abba Anthony to tell him about the visions they were...
July 12, 2017
During his ministry, Jesus would tell those listening to him that he was the bread...
July 10, 2017
We are born again in baptism, then we find ourselves sanctified in the Spirit through...
July 05, 2017
“And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, ‘Those who are well have no...
July 03, 2017
C.S. Lewis, following principles of “natural theology,” suggested that there was a normative, objective morality...
July 02, 2017
The sad case surrounding baby Charlie Gard has led the Vatican to issue a statement...

June 2017

June 30, 2017
Abba Anthony said, "I believe that the body possesses a natural movement, to which it...
June 28, 2017
It is one thing to speak about God, it is another thing to speak correctly...
June 26, 2017
In the ancient world, there were many women oracles, prophetesses for the gods, who would...
June 22, 2017
In explaining why he hired the president of Goldman Sachs for the US Secretary of...
June 21, 2017
Ralph Martin’s Will Many Be Saved? systematized the basic criticism many have had concerning modern...
June 20, 2017
Silence. In our active, daily lives, we should find time to slow down and embrace...
June 19, 2017
Pavel Florensky. Early Religious Writings: 1903 – 1909. Trans. Boris Jakim (Grand Rapids, MI: William...
June 16, 2017
He also said, "Just as fish die if they stay too long out of water,...
June 14, 2017
This is the fourth and last post on a series exploring the sacrament of chrismation....
June 12, 2017
This is the third post on a series exploring the sacrament of chrismation. Click here...
June 09, 2017
The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we knew him not. He preached...
June 07, 2017
Years ago, when I was chrismated and became a Byzantine Catholic, a friend of mine...
June 06, 2017
This is the second post of a series discussing the sacrament of confirmation. Click here...
June 05, 2017
After his baptism, the Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus, revealing him to be the anointed...
June 02, 2017
We have come to the time of Pentecost, the time in which we remember Christ...

May 2017

May 31, 2017
The brethren came to Abba Anthony and laid before him a passage from Leviticus. The...
May 29, 2017
In medieval lore, various so-called monsters became famous, with Grendel from Beowulf being one of...
May 26, 2017
The church is called to be universal. It is called to go forth across the...
May 25, 2017
And He ascended too, just as He had become incarnate, for the sake of our...
May 23, 2017
I find it difficult to appreciate the rhetoric of Trump and his administration. They think...
May 22, 2017
There might be no figure who is as great, indeed, as important for the development...
May 19, 2017
This Sunday, the Byzantine tradition in its ongoing cycle of Paschal Sundays remembers the Man...
May 17, 2017
Three Fathers used to go and visit blessed Anthony every year and two of them...
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