Seeking Help from the Church for Living in Honesty Twittering mindlessly on the internet for hours on end, or spending whole evenings sitting before the computer, mindlessly communicating with people who are unknown, personally, and who may not even be who they claim to be, are examples of squandering time
CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! The Necessity of Christian Friendships In this age where secularism is on the rise, and materialism has become a major distraction from spiritual pursuits, Christian friendship has never been more important. The pursuit of personal fulfillment, entertainment, worldly pleasure, and the acquisition of
Honesty before God begins with Transparency Transparency of the heart must rule, if we are to have an honest relationship with God. Nothing can be hidden from the Lord, yet we often live as though we can hide that which we know is not pleasing to God. Putting on face
Christ is Risen!The Resurrection of Christ is the central event in human history. In literal terms this real historical event, when Jesus Christ, the Son of God, rose from the dead, broke forever the power of death over all of creation. At the moment the Crucified One, descended into Hades,
Aleut (Sugpiag): Kriiiiistuusaq Ungwektuq! Pichinuq Ungwektuq! Albanian (Tosk):Krishhti Unjall! Vertet Unjall! Anglo-Saxon:Crist aras! Crist sodhlice aras! Arabic:Al Maset’h ahm! Hat’em ahm!and El Messieh Kahm! Kakken Kahm!and Al Maseeh Qam! Haqqan Qam! Amharic:Kristos Tenestwal! Bergit Tenestwal! Armenian:Christos harjav i merelotz! Orhniale harutjun Christosi! Byelorussian:Khristos Uvoskros! Zaprowdu Uvoskros! Chaucerean Middle English:Crist is
What Happened on the Cross by St. John of Damascus (7th century) By nothing else except the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ has death been brought low: The sin of our first parent destroyed, hell plundered, resurrection bestowed, the power given us to despise the things of this world,
Great and Holy Friday begins with reading of the Royal Hours leading up to Vespers of Friday afternoon, at which time the removal of the Body of Christ from the Cross is commemorated. The priest removes the Body of Christ, the Epitaphios, from the Cross, wraps it in a white
The Aggressive Secularization of America As an American I have watched with sadness, the eroding of our Christian values and standards of living. When I was in grade school, each day was begun with the reading of the Bible, broadcast over the intercom system (yes, we had the technology when
I’ve never met an atheist! The young man announced at the beginning of a college class, that he was an atheist. I’d been invited as a guest lecturer, and had opened the talk with the observation that everyone has a nous that hungers for God. This young man took exception,
Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives “Our life depends on the kind of thoughts we nurture. If our thoughts are peaceful, calm, meek, and kind, then that is what our life is like. If our attention is turned to the circumstances in which we live, we are drawn into a whirlpool