Warm your hands at the fire of the Divine Love of God
It is hard to love God and sing His praise each day when everything around us regards such behaviour as madness or fanaticism. It is hard to love our neighbour Read more…
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Giving – of ourselves
Stewardship, from Glimpses of Glory: Back when I was single and had only myself to worry about, I was introduced to a fuller understanding of stewardship. I had always equated Read more…
Fasting
We have just had the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. Father Jeremy of orthodoxroad.com has written: The Great Fast and the Pharisee Because the Orthodox Church was instituted Read more…
The Publican and the Pharisee
Today we have the parable of the Publican and the Pharisee. Luke 18:10-14 (Gospel) 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a Read more…
Lenten Fasting
The Fathers know that not every Orthodox Christian is diligent about fasting. So they give us a very gradual introduction to the struggle of Lenten fasting: First, this coming week, nobody fasts. Read more…
Is Easter (Pascha) a Pagan Holiday?
Father Jeremy from orthodoxroad.com writes the following: Many of us have read articles or seen memes floating around the internet that attempt to tie the celebration of Christ’s resurrection to Read more…
Responding to God’s Gifts
Lenten Giving: All of life is a gift, a free gift, given to us by God. This one basic truth frames our relationship with God and one another. It also Read more…
Pascha Time
We are creatures of linear time, always moving forward, only glancing back imperfectly at the past. We dream of travelling at will along our time line. Whether it is Superman Read more…
Parables
Lenten services have lots of parables. Father Jeremy of Orthodox Road recommends the following books to learn more about them: There’s a tendency for us modern folks to feel that Read more…
2022 Pascha Dates
Join us in our Paschal celebrations!! Feb. 6 – Zacchaeus Sunday Feb. 13 – The Publican and the Pharisee. This is a fast free week. Feb. 20 – Prodigal Son. Read more…