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Now Is the Appointed Time
Beginnings and endings, finite measures of years meted out for us again and again, season after season, generation after generation, age after age—all amount to little more than markers of time. The...
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Divine Ministry: More Holy Kisses
It seems there is far too little affection in the world. In Holy Scripture, we are repeatedly instructed to exercise affection towards others, “Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss. I charge you...
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Calvary’s Crosses and Conversations
Let us recall the gospel narratives of the crucifixion of Christ, and forward to that place called Golgotha. For just a moment, imagine those three crosses erected on Calvary, and how those three were...
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Help to Avoid Committing Adultery Through Social Media
Since the advent of social media, the problem of adultery has become worse. Sexual acts need not take place for adultery to be present. Internet affairs need not even contain sexual matters to be...
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How to be a Hero to the Long-Suffering
Everybody loves a story with a hero’s victorious ending. Folks rally around watching with sustained interest dramatic battles between good guys and bad guys, or the patient battling an illness laying...
View ArticleDeclaration of Independence: A Spiritual Angle
With the 238th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence upon us, it seems fitting to ponder the price of freedom and the meaning of true independence. Many have paid the ultimate price with their...
View ArticleThe Ocean of God’s Mercy
The cool waters of the shoreline keep lapping at my ankles, and I sink deeper into the spiky sand with the pull of each outgoing wave. Remaining upright becomes an art, with the sea tugging at my...
View ArticleSeason of the Doubtful Heart; the Autumn of Emotion
And God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years.” (Genesis 1:14) Dark green...
View ArticleThe Darkness of Sin and the Light of Love
Where Senses Fail Without love, life would be miserable. Thankfully, we always have the love of God — every minute that we are alive, and whether it is tangible to us or not. The paths of life can...
View ArticleDissecting Gossip and Sins of the Tongue
There is a popular story about a woman who had confessed the sin of gossip. For her penance she was told to go to the top of a nearby hill, pillow in hand, and cut it open. Shaking all the feathers...
View ArticleIt’s Not Yours! Christmas and Covetousness
Christmas shopping, menu planning, cookie exchanges, gift swaps, new TVs, new cars, new clothes … bells, carols, gold and glitter … snowflakes, tinsel and trees … these are all wonderful, happy things....
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Lovers of Law and the Law of Love
There is no death on earth so severe as the death of the heart. There’s also nothing as beautiful on earth as living life to the fullest, embracing equally both joys and sorrows. We see this so often...
View ArticleThe Treasure of Silence
One perfect Word, and a world full of noise; one perfect proof of love, yet millions of lonely-hearted souls; one perfect God, and a bewildering number of imposters adored —this is the world in which...
View ArticleThe Moment, Mystery and Miracle of Kecharitōmenē
Kecharitōmenē (pronounced key-car-it-oh-may-nay): an ancient Greek participle meaning “filled with grace”, the salutation of singular and unique importance given to Mary, Mother of God by the Angel...
View ArticleToday’s Man: Recreating the Garden of Eden
We had it all in the Garden of Eden. Everything we relentlessly seek today was ours then, and we lost it. We lost it through one act of disobedience. One tree, one rule, one empty promise, one bite,...
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Showing Christian Love in a World Gone Mad
Our world is spinning wildly out of control with new offenses against nature such as transgender sex-changes for children, sex-based elective abortions, assisted suicide, and federally mandated...
View ArticleThe Ocean of God’s Mercy
The cool waters of the shoreline keep lapping at my ankles, and I sink deeper into the spiky sand with the pull of each outgoing wave. Remaining upright becomes an art, with the sea tugging at my...
View ArticleSeason of the Doubtful Heart; the Autumn of Emotion
And God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years.” (Genesis 1:14) Dark green...
View ArticleThe Darkness of Sin and the Light of Love
Where Senses Fail Without love, life would be miserable. Thankfully, we always have the love of God — every minute that we are alive, and whether it is tangible to us or not. The paths of life can...
View ArticleDissecting Gossip and Sins of the Tongue
There is a popular story about a woman who had confessed the sin of gossip. For her penance she was told to go to the top of a nearby hill, pillow in hand, and cut it open. Shaking all the feathers...
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