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Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Not that the saints themselves get lost. They are always on course, and sometimes they travel so far into the Presence of God that we lose track of them. However, these next few Posts will be about the saints we lose because their commemorations fall during Lent, when so much else is […]
Read More »Do we want to keep a good, holy Lent? No problem. In this Sunday’s Scripture readings, the Church tells us exactly how to do it. If you find this Post suspiciously familiar, that means you read my Forgiveness Sunday Post two years ago and have a good memory. I’m proud of you. This is a […]
Read More »The preceding is an editorial comment. + + + Now, on to today’s topic: Making Lent Great for your Family This article was written in 2003 by Philip Mamalakis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. It is reprinted here with his permission. Our […]
Read More »Or, to take a another angle on the subject, this might be titled “The Sin of Fake Fasting”. Publicans and Pharisees In next Sunday’s Gospel reading (Luke 18:10-14), which I suspect you could almost recite by heart, we hear about a man who fasted diligently but was condemned by the Lord, and another man who […]
Read More »Busy last week. Busy last weekend. Late Blog Post. Short Blog Post. Sorry. God at work in history Some Christians are forever trying to figure out what the future holds: When will the Second Coming be? When will the Lord return in Glory? Even we Orthodox often wonder – or at least I do, who […]
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