“…Let’s imagine that the prodigal son goes into the pig pen. And he decides, “I’ll stay in the pig pen.” …” Fr. Thomas Hopko’s metaphor about sin still has a lot to teach me.
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“Any circumstance in which a man finds himself unwillingly is a prison for him. …”
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A few little things as we enter the Pascha season.
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Some old thoughts on what is perpetually new and perpetually amazing.
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Words from Mpn. Anthony Bloom put our Holy Week fatigue into perspective. ” … When at night we hear the announcement of the Resurrection, we too will be able to suddenly come alive from that terrible numbness,”
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“Liturgy is not a rigid thing to be repeated unconsciously. It is an expression of the human need to talk to the Lord … ” — His Beatitude, Patriarch JOHN X (Antioch)
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A quick story about one of the beautiful hymns that will go by much too quickly. The hymn highlights the woman who anointed Christ’s feet with oil. It is known as the Hymn of Kassiani and it comes almost at the end of the Bridegroom service tonight. The hymn is beautiful enough to stand out [...]
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Do you watch movies about the Passion of Christ during Holy Week?
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Will we get to the truth behind Boston marathon bombers? Now that right-wing domestic terrorists have been ruled out, will the media be unable to see, hear and speak clearly?
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We seem to excel at the little things when acts of terrible violence are committed. But what are we doing?
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