Father Bill's Orthodox Blog – Orthodoxy from the Third Coast
Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
A prophet? Not. I suspect this is the popular idea of a prophet: a fortune-teller, a sooth-sayer. No. Prophets are spokesmen for God, through whom God has had all manner of things to say, often in judgment, and also often warnings about the future. Why a Post about Prophets today? 1 Because during December our […]
Read More »“But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.” Luke 6:35-36 “Blessed are the merciful, for they will […]
Read More »Actually our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ founded Christian medical practice, as He went from place to place healing peoples’ bodies and souls. However, today we’re going to look at four mere human beings who followed in His footsteps and built on what He had begun. What brought this to my mind was the […]
Read More »But first: Next Tuesday is August 15, the great feast of the Dormition / Falling Sleep / Kimisis (κοίμησις) of our Lady the Theotokos and Ever-virgin Mary, when we celebrate her Entrance into Heaven. Let me refer you back to two Posts I wrote in 2019 titled “Why do we honor the Mother of God? […]
Read More »This week I took three days away. Then we’ve had family in town. Therefore this is a reprint, word for word (except to correct a few misspellings and impenetrable phrasings), of a Post from a few years ago. 412. The Transfiguration – The Other Great Forgotten Feast The Holy Transfiguration, August 6, is one of […]
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