Love to the End
We have come to the Holy Week of our Lord’s Passion and Resurrection, the Pascha/Passover of the Lord. This week, sometimes called Great...
St Mary of Egypt: Charismatic Repentance
This Sunday, the fifth Sunday of the Great Fast, is the Sunday of St Mary of Egypt. During the service of the Great Canon in the fifth...
Abraham: the Friend of God
Our lenten readings from Genesis have moved into the story of Abraham. With Abraham the story - the narrative - of Genesis grows very...
“If we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.”
Recent decades in the Orthodox Church have seen a return to the practice of frequent Communion. This is a good thing. No less than St...
Journeying with Wisdom in the Great Fast
During Great Lent the lectionary - the calendar of daily readings - of the Church turns from its usual schedule of Epistle and Gospel...
The Prayer of Manassas: Bowing the Knee of the Heart
Those who attended the Great Canon of St Andrew last week heard the Prayer of Manassas chanted as part of the service. It is one of the...
The Expulsion of Adam: Fasting, Knowledge, and Freedom
I recently listened to an interview on NPR with writer Marie Mutsuki Mockett about her journey to Japan to grieve the death of her...
The Last Judgment: Before the Throne
It is, I believe, most fitting that the Church, in preparing us for Great Lent, follows the Sunday of the Prodigal Son immediately with...
The Prodigal: All That I Have is Yours
We are undoubtedly familiar with the parable associated with this Sunday of preparation for Great Lent, the Prodigal Son. The prodigal...
Getting Warm ~ Going Down
When I was child - before TV and internet had completely taken over the known world - my grandmother and I used to play a simple little...
