There was a popular, feel good, song some time ago that said "I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the sky. I think about it every night and day; spread my wings and fly away. I believe I can soar...." It was a bit of self-help...
Chris is Ascended! Have you ever met someone who had great potential but wasted their gifts by either not applying themselves or simply using their gifts badly? I have, and it is such a tragedy to watch someone who could really make something of themselves squander their gifts. This what I...
Christ is risen! Today is the Apodosis (Leavetaking) of the Feast of Pascha. We get to once more celebrate as we did on that night 40 days ago when the church building was dark, the people were all crowded into the building holding unlit candles, and an anticipatory quiet hung...
Christ is risen! (only a few more days until our greeting changes to "Christ is Ascended!") Today is a particularly special day for your writer in that today we remember St. Barnabas of the Seventy. St. Barnabas was the missionary companion of the Apostle Paul and actually introduced the converted...
Christ is risen! A life of faith never grows and matures on "automatic pilot." The constant call of the liturgy, the fathers, and the faith to "give attention" is no accident, but the well travelled path of experience in how easy it is for a man to forget himself if...
Christ is risen! Listen to our Lord Jesus respond to the demand of the crowd that He speak plainly to them and tell them if He is the Christ or not: "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, they bear...
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Christ is risen! The old saying is "Seeing is believing." But through the centuries wise men have concluded that sometimes "Believing is seeing!" The Blessed Augustine declared "Therefore do not seek to understand in order to believe, but believe that thou mayest understand." What is it about believing before you see...
Christ is risen! There is a saying of Jesus recorded in both Matthew's and Luke's Gospel: "If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit." (Matthew 15:13-14 and Luke 6:39-40) As we move toward the Sunday of the Blind Man, we will see the daily scripture...
Christ is risen! Notice what our Lord Jesus says in today's Gospel reading: The Lord said to the Jews who came to him, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded and came forth from God; I came not of my own accord, but he sent...
