Almost anything, even profitable things, maybe twisted by men for improper use. The Old Testament Law and Covenant were good, as the Scriptures testify. Yet, many a person in the Old Testament abused the good revelation of God to Moses on Sinai for their own means and ends. Numerous books of the Prophets clearly address …
Immortal Sacrifice
A poem, by me, to mix it up a little bit. What can I offer You, O Immortal King? I am nothing, infinitesimal, minute. I will offer You my being; Yet I have no being, You alone are true being, Life Rather, You transcend even being, O Great I AM. I am death, sin, darkness, …
The Lord, Who has Revealed Himself to Us
Below the reader will find my translation from the Russian of sermons 12 and 13 "On the Divine Liturgy," by St. Seraphim (Zvezdenski). The preceding sermons may be found here. All titles and footnotes are my own. Sermon 12 The earthly life of our Lord Jesus Christ up until the point of His being revealed …
The Antiphons: Hymns of Holy Delight
Below the reader will find my translation of sermon 11 in the series of sermons by St. Seraphim on the Div. Liturgy. May his inspired words of explanation on the Div. Liturgy continue to stir up in us a deeper love for God and a greater zeal to worship Him. (All titles are my own …
Sacred Fear of the Holy Things
Below the reader will find a beautiful excerpt from a sermon by St. Sebastian (Dabovich) For Holy Communion. The excerpt is from an old Orthodox Word. In our times, and I would suspect in any times too, it is of great benefit to remind ourselves of the manner in which the Saints speak about the …
On Truth and Love
Below the reader will find the work of St. Theophan the Recluse, "On Truth and Love." On some of my social media accounts, I posted the recent statement from the Synod of the OCA, "On Same-Sex Relations and Sexual Identity." In it, Glory to God, the Synod upholds Orthodox teaching. It was striking to me …
Sinister Psychosis and the Remembrance of God
“The progress of technology had led and is still leading to just such a concentration and centralization of power” Aldous Huxley. “Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on …
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The Disease of Secular-Humanism and the Cure
“A man who is blind in relation to one thing (to God) is totally blind in relation to all things; and a man who sees in the one (in God), has vision of all things,” St Symeon the New Theologian.1 Events in the world seem to be transpiring at breakneck speed. This is intentional. Keeping …
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Joyful Light: A Sermon by St. Sebastian Dabovich
Below the reader will find a sermon by one of the few American-born Orthodox saints, Sebastian Dabovich (1863-1940). The sermon was originally printed in the 1966 September – October issue of the Orthodox Word, pp. 129-132. All end notes are from the original article. May we, through the prayers of St. Sebastian, be illumined with …
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A Starless Sky
I started this blog five years ago in June of 2017. I figure that's a five-year anniversary. I simply wrote. I didn't write to try and be known. I was pretty shocked when the readership really started to grow. Really, I'm just a nobody parish priest of a smaller-sized parish in a midsized town in …
The Inkless Pen 