Hay un poema donde Dios Padre y Dios Hijo entablan una conversación.  Dios Padre le propone a su Hijo darle “una esposa que lo ame, que por tu valor merezca tener nuestra compañía, y comer pan a una mesa del mismo que yo comía.” El hijo responde, “mucho lo agradezco, Padre, a la esposa que me dieres.  Yo mi claridad daría, para que por ella vea cuanto mi Padre valía.  Reclinarla yo en mi brazo, y en tu amor... Read more

  There is a poem where God the Father and God the Son are having a conversation. “My Son,” states God the Father, “I wish to give you a bride who will love you.  Because of you she will deserve to share our company and eat at our table.” The Son replies, “I am very grateful.  I will show my brightness to the bride you give me, so that by it she may see how great my Father is.  I... Read more

This afternoon Bishop Hartmayer blessed the recently completed rectory at Saint Joseph, Augusta.  The bishop, about twenty priests and a few parishioners gathered outside the rectory to pray. The bishop then immediately blessed the rectory both outside and inside.  It was a beautiful day and all were thankful for the delicious meal served.                             Pictures courtesy of Astrid Soto, all rights reserved.   Read more

In a portion of a letter dated April 22, 2013 and signed by His Grace, Bishop Basil, Secretary of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America to all member hierarchs, prayers were requested for two Syrian hierarchs who had been abducted earlier that day.  The text of the letter reads as follows (below): “Metropolitan Paul Yazigi of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo (brother of His Beatitude Patriarch John X of the Great City-of-God Antioch and... Read more

En la última cena Jesús oró fervorosamente por sus apóstoles y quienes creerían en él a través de su predicación. Oró para que ellos sean una cosa, como él y el Padre son uno. Viviendo en el sur de este país, solo tenemos que pasear por cualquier calle por cinco minutos para darnos cuenta de que los discípulos de Cristo no están unidos. Rápidamente observamos una variedad de iglesias.  ¡Qué escándalo, que los discípulos de Cristo no estén unidos!  A... Read more

“So they left the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been found worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.” To a worldly mentality, this verse from the Act of the Apostles is pure nonsense.  How can someone rejoice because he was found worthy to suffer dishonor?  A worldly mentality would be interested if the verse read, “so they left the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been found worthy to receive honor for... Read more

At the last supper Jesus fervently prayed for his apostles and all those who would come to believe in Him through their preaching.  He prayed that they may be one, as He and the Father are one. Living in the South, all we have to do is drive down any road for five minutes to realize that the disciples of Christ today are not united.  We quickly observe a variety of churches along the road.  What a scandal, that the... Read more

  Last year I celebrated Easter Mass at a state prison.  Usually about eight to ten men attended Mass when I’d go, but for Easter about thirty-five came. I became skeptical at first: why so many?  Did they come just to get a free rosary to hang around their necks?  Did they come to get out of the heat of their cells into the cool air conditioning of the multipurpose room where Mass was held?  Maybe they actually wanted to... Read more

    I stood silently at the edge of the square of San Lorenzo waiting, occasionally sitting on the concrete curb to give my aching legs a deserved rest.  The night was warm but not enough to make me sweat.  I was restless, yet I anticipated the wait was certainly worth enduring.  With my legs stretched out into the street, I fixed my tired and hazy eyes on the closed wooden doors of the small church on the opposite side... Read more

  Click  here for English “¿Que has visto de camino, María, en la mañana?  A mi Señor glorioso, la tumba abandonada, los ángeles testigos, sudarios y mortaja.”  Esta pregunta hecha a María Magdalena en un himno del siglo XI nos permite participar en el gozo de aquella escogida para ser el primer testigo de la tumba vacía. Recordamos con asombro que la Magdalena encontró ángeles, sudarios y mortaja en la tumba, pero no halló a Jesús porque él estaba vivo... Read more