Christ is risen!
Most people confuse power and authority. They think power IS authority but they are mistaken. In fact, I'd say the modern obsession with power is precisely because we have lost the ability to appreciate real authority. Just look at any community in the aftermath of some event that turns that community upside down.…
Christ is risen!
St. Maximus the Confessor says "Food is not evil, but gluttony is. Childbearing is not evil, but fornication is. Money is not evil, but avarice is. Glory is not evil, but vainglory is. Indeed, there is no evil in existing things, but only in their misuse." So, the evil one only wants to…
Christ is risen!
The famous author J.K. Rowling once said: “I’m interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society. We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it’s quite a satisfying thing to do, isn’t it?” And she’s right! I can’t tell you how…
Christ is Risen!
It's easy to hear "Obedience is better than sacrifice" but it's usually hard to do. Especially in our very individualistic, modern society, obedience "feels' like slavery. Of course it feels like slavery because IT IS a kind of slavery.
Look at our Lesson today in John 2:1-11:
At that time, there was a wedding at…
Christ is risen!
"What would Jesus do?" That phrase was popular a few years ago, and I confess to being amused by this fad of "easy religion." One of the main reasons was that the life of Jesus is not easily categorized as the comfortable "Jesus" we moderns would prefer. You know the "Jesus" I'm talking…
Christ is risen!
Ah, the beauties of Springtime! And the hay fever! For those of us susceptible to the reign of terror that is pollen season; the watery eyes, the stuffy nose, basically all the bad stuff on all the commercials we see for medicine to combat this scourge of this wonderful season; we love and…
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Christ is risen!
"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them." As I've had to shelter in place during this beautiful time of year, I confess, I've been tempted with despair but then I read the rest of the quote and I refuse to allow the…
Christ is risen!
"Now I recognize you!" He was an old friend from High School, and, for the life of me, I couldn't remember the face UNTIL he made that facial expression he use to make at lunchtime that made us fall on the floor laughing!
I love moments like that when the "AHA" moment comes and…
Christ Is Risen!
What joy! What happiness! What a celebration! Words fail. Songs sung over and over again still cry out for more! Death is conquered by the Unconquered Son. O what news! The whole earth basks in the glow of the Victory of Christ over death! No more fear! No more night! The Son has…
