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Get Your House in Order
We understand the need when we grow old to put our things in order. Who will get our possessions? Who will take care of our requests. The older we get, the more we think of death and having our life in order. Now is the time to get our house in order. “Therefore thus says…
Tags: charity, Confession, Death, forgiveness, Great Lent, Isaiah, Time
April 15, 2024
It’s About Becoming Perfect
In the Gospel of Mark we hear of a father who brought his son to Jesus for healing because the Apostles were unable to heal him. He called to Jesus, “’If You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.’ Then Jesus said to him, ‘If you can believe, all things are possible…
Tags: Faith, Gospel of Mark, Great Lent, Hope, Miracles
April 14, 2024
Not Perfect but Patient
Four weeks of Great Lent have come and gone and you’re still here. You haven’t given up yet, but you’re close. Fasting and extra prayers are taking a toll on your endurance. Being flooded with temptation is testing your patience. You may even be thinking of giving up the fight. BRETHREN, we feel sure of…
Tags: Great Lent, Hebrews, patience
April 13, 2024
Follow God for another Promise
I keep referring to Great Lent as a journey. Every journey needs a destination. Traditionally we think of the destination of our Great Lenten Journey as Pascha. Our fasting leads to feasting. Our prayer leads to the Altar of God. Sometimes our idea of a destination isn’t a destination at all. Sometimes it is just…
Tags: genesis, Great Lent
April 12, 2024
Humanity is always Rushing Things
It started in the very beginning. Adam and Eve wanted to rush being like God. The result was the Fall of Humanity, and death. It wasn’t that God didn’t want humanity to be like God. He did. It was that humanity wasn’t ready to be like God yet. That is always our story. We rush…
Tags: charity, Fasting, Galatians, genesis, gospel of john, Great Lent, Isaiah, patience, prayer, Time
April 11, 2024
Bible Study on 1st Corinthians Session 38
Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians A Bible Study Based upon the Homilies of St John Chrysostom (SJC) Study Guide – April 16, 2024 – 1st Corinthians 14.34-40 Session 38 – Homily 37 Prayer before reading of the Holy Scriptures: Shine within our hearts, loving Master, the pure light of Your divine knowledge, and…
April 10, 2024
The Power of Pride
Our daily struggle during Great Lent is much more than fasting. Great Lent is a struggle against pride. We all have it. We all struggle to subdue it, or at least we should. We all fall to its power through temptation and ego. It is what holds us back. The sons of Noah who went…
Tags: genesis, Great Lent, pride, Temptation
God Destroys Evil
We should admit the battle between good and evil is sometimes difficult to decipher. We stand up against evil to the best of our ability with the hope the God is there to help us. We are tempted to become violent against evil using the Scriptures as our defense. The Old Testament is filled with…
Tags: Church, Great Lent, Isaiah, Old Testament, prophets
April 9, 2024
Evil is not worth the gain
Just look around and you will find those who choose not to live according to God’s desire. People are greedy, hungry for power, oppressive to others, even violent. It seems like ‘they’ are the ones who are rewarded with comfort and advancement in the world but their gains are short-lived. He who is steadfast in…
Tags: genesis, Gospel of Matthew, Great Lent, Proverbs, repentance, Romans
April 8, 2024
Episode 422 – The Cross Leads to Life
During Great Lent we are not simply following rules. We are learning to deny ourselves. We are learning to take up our Cross. We are learning how to follow Christ. If we spend life focusing on ourselves, we will never take up the struggle of our cross. The Church focuses on the Cross so that…
Tags: Gospel of Mark, Great Lent, Holy Cross
April 7, 2024
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