Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Last week we looked at five examples of anger (one rather embarrassing to me, I’m afraid) and then at the sources and results of anger. Now let’s consider: How to control Anger 1 First, we need to begin with the external symptoms, the loss of temper, the vengeful acts, because they do so much harm […]
Read More »Previous posts on the Deadly Sins are #85, #86, #93, #94. Anger is defined in our Antiochian Pocket Prayer Book as “unworthy irritation and lack of self control”. Some Examples of Anger 1 My family and I were driving on a road west of Cedarburg, speed limit 40 and I was going 45, when this […]
Read More »Christ is born! Glorify him! The point of last week’s Post, and of the Old Testament (as Christians call it) is that Christ did not arrive “out of the clear blue”, without warning. There had been long centuries of preparation – indeed from before the beginning of time. Saint Paul wrote that Christ came in […]
Read More »If there is one thing I would change in our unchangeable Orthodox Church, it would be to add an Old Testament reading to Divine Liturgy. Its absence means that most Orthodox never hear Genesis, the story of the Beginning of Everything – and much other important material. If we don’t get the foundation right, the […]
Read More »Now we come to the big question. Lest you hold your breath in dread anticipation, I’ll not keep you waiting. The conclusion (surprise!) will be No. Christmas is not a fairy tale. I know that, for the most part, I’m preaching to the choir here. And I know we in the choir usually believe not for […]
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