Prayer and Politics
As you may know, if you read these pages often, I sometimes comment on politics. I Tweeted last night that I am a Bipartisan criticizer as I am critical of pol...
Tag: Prayer
Orthodox at the Republican Convention
His Eminence Methodious, Metropolitan of Boston for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese led the prayer at the end of Wednesday night’s formal session at the Re...
Morning Prayer
Thanks be to you O God that I have risen this day To the rising of this life itself. O God of every gift, A day of new beginnings given. Help me to avoid every ...
Transfiguration and the Blessing of the First Fruits
August 6th is the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This year the feast falls on a Monday and so at the Sunday Liturgy we sang ...
Blessing at Childbirth
One of the blessings a priest has in his ministry is the welcoming of new life into the world. It is not something that I have the opportunity to do all that o...
Prayers in Time of Drought
Today and article appeared on the pages of the Huffington Post regarding the drought situation here in the Unites States. If we do not receives some rain the i...
The Power of Prayer
I am a firm believer in the power of prayer. I have seen lives transformed by prayer and people praying for them. As an Orthodox Christian we also believe in ...
Forsake all for Christ
Let them burn your body, let them fry it, let them take your property. Don’t worry. Let them have these, they are not yours anyway. You only have need of soul a...
Fortnight for Freedom
Yesterday, faithful Roman Catholics began what is being called the Fortnight for Freedom. The United States Conference of Catholic bishops called on faithful C...