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If the priest is sinful, his prayer is not

May

6

2017

In the Acts of the Holy Apostles, 9: 32–42, the author bears witness to two touching events of which the holy Apostle Peter is the hero. We will see how St. Peter acknowledges that the real hero of these miraculous events is the Lord. In the first event St. Peter met a man by the ...

Seven men of good reputation full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom

Apr

21

2017

The first verses of the sixth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles are a beautiful testimony of the growth and development of the early Church. They offer valuable advice for the order of things within the Church. Most of the problems in our Church that relate to the Church are caused by our ignorance, ...

Rejoice in the Lord always

Apr

7

2017

Phil. 4: 4 “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” (Phil. 4:4) exclaims St. Paul joyfully and adds: “Be anxious for nothing (Phil 4:6). And I, all tensed up because of many worldly cares and constant uncertainty, think: how can we rejoice, O good Apostle, when there seems to be so little ...

After he had patiently endured, Abraham obtained the promise

Mar

24

2017

(Heb. 6 : 13 – 20) The Church always encourages us not to lose our strength and fall away and puts before us the example of Abraham, a courageous and persevering man of God, whose faith in One God was undefiled to the end of his life. We, the Christians living in an anti-Christian era, ...

I am the good shepherd

Mar

12

2017

John 10:9-16 Holy Gospel inspires us to reflect on the Church and those that serve her – the clergy. The Church is dynamic; there is always something going on in the Church. We believe that the sum total of all these happenings within the Church brings her forward so that one day, she will be ...

What does Orthodoxy means to us

Feb

24

2017

John 1:43-51 During Lent, as we go about free from our “cholesterol-related concerns,” we are more inclined to re-examine ourselves and our lives. The purpose of the fast is precisely in getting us to reevaluate things and events, or at least to evaluate them from a different angle. We usually live buried to the neck, ...

Beware lest your liberty become a stumbling block to those who are weak

Feb

4

2017

(1 Cor. 8 : 8 – 9 : 2) Apostle Paul in his Epistle to Corinthians raises the question of our behaviour before others, in other words, the question of witnessing our faith or unfaith. The motive here is an issue that was important in the life of the early Church: should one eat the ...

God want us to confess our faith

Jan

21

2017

Luke 8: 5-15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.” (Revelation 3:15-16) These are hard words indeed, and hardly pleasant to our ears which ...

The fulness of time

Dec

26

2016

(Gal. 4 : 4 – 7) The nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ The reading of the epistle for the Nativity is the shortest of all apostolic readings. It consists of only three sentences in four verses. In these four biblical verses the most joyful news to mankind is to be found. Let us read ...

God has anointed us and put his seal on us

Dec

10

2016

(2 Corinthians 1:21-24, 2:1-4) Apostolic reading warns us and reminds us to keep our promise to God and our oath that we would belong to the Lord. “And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put His seal on us and given us His ...