A Variety of Topics: Saints, Seasons, Society, the Moral Life, plus Travels mostly to Greece, and more, by Father Bill Olnhausen
Often in history, and most definitely today, we see what happens when people fail to seek truth, disregard facts, and therefore lack knowledge. Serious trouble ensues. We’ll come back to that. But before we get started: The Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (The Meeting with Simeon) is on February 2. If you […]
Read More »Well, actually no. The First Sunday of Pre- Lent (the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee) doesn’t come till February 1. However, next Friday, January 30, I want to talk about the Three Hierarchs’ festival which falls on that very day. So… Today let’s anticipate the Publican and the Pharisee. Then, for the rest […]
Read More »I am going to begin on a different subject. I know this has been happening in other places in America – masked men in military garb carrying weapons of war on the streets of our towns and cities, shooting tear gas and pepper spray at people. I’m an old man: this reminds me of things I […]
Read More »Before we get to the subject of the day: In this war of Russian aggression, endorsed by the Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Ukraine is now being attacked by super-sonic missiles. This is American composer Samuel Barber’s Agnus Dei, sung by the Slovenian Philharmonic Choir. The Theophany of Our Lord God and […]
Read More »The Jews don’t often say it, but they think we’re idolaters: that we worship a man, Jesus of Nazareth. For there is only one God. The Muslims say we’re polytheists: that we worship three Gods, Father Son and Holy Spirit. For there is only one God. He looks like any other child. What ever would […]
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