The work of the Church is to help us become aware of our eternal vocation The work of the Church is to seek out the lost sheep and bring them into her fold; that “saving enclosure” wherein we must find ways to consciously work out our salvation with the help
I just got up from ten and a half hours of sleep, having been exhausted from my hospital stay. Fathers Paul and Martin picked me up from Swedish Medical Center late yesterday afternoon. I’m doing well for an old guy, even though I was asked if I had a walker
We need not depend on the other person cooperating in reconciliation There are people who insist on holding on to resentment, often inventing situations in their minds that never happened, justifying their bad behavior by putting the blame on others. They always see themselves as the abused party. Such behavior
Successful membership in a health club requires exercise and commitment Health clubs make much of their profit from people who decide to join because they want to get in shape, but after a few sessions with the weights, drop out. Membership in the Church, like the health club, requires that
Much of what we think we need is born from our own immaturity When we find ourselves caught up in what we want, or what we think we need, we become despondent that things are not going the way we’d hoped. Disappointed, we start to wonder why God has failed
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Please remember Igumen Tryphon in your prayers this week. I’m being admitted to Swedish Hospital’s Cherry Hill Campus Cardiac Unit in Seattle, on Monday, November 2nd, for three days of procedures to try to get my heart out of Atrial Fibrillation. I therefore am asked for prayers, that the Lord
Eternity is a very long time God reveals Himself to us if we seek Him out, and only remains invisible to us if we refuse, out of pride and self absorption, to let Him enter our lives. If we desire the knowledge that is ours for the asking, we simply
The goal of the monk is to acquire the Holy Spirit The monastic vocation is a special calling from God that is all about relationships. It is a relationship that involves community (the monastic brotherhood), but primarily revolves around the monk’s relationship with God. Monks are not holy men who
Unless we protect our children, we are allies of the evil one As a priest, I am deeply shocked, almost beyond words, by the abuse perpetrated upon innocent children by clergy who have demonstrated a total lack of commitment to the teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and who, in