Temptation
The Temptation of Jesus We all know the scene, a person standing there trying to make the decision and on one shoulder stands the guy in the red suit and on the...
Tag: Spirituality
Cleaning
It seems I have spent the last two weeks cleaning my house. Here in the rectory it is just me and the dog so you would think it would not get that dirty, and I ...
The Gospel: Nourishment in the Wilderness
The Gospel was the daily bread of the desert solitaries. At the beginning of their monastic journey, as we see in the case of St. Antony the Great, the wo...
God Gave Us Dominion
Yesterday, before Liturgy at the nursing home, one of the folks who works there asked if I was planning a farm here at the monastery. I clearly outlined our pla...
Push out into the Deep
The Gospel reading for Sunday came from the 5th chapter of the Gospel of St. Luke. This is the story of Jesus going out to fish with His soon to be Apostles. Af...
15 August ~ Dormition of the Theotokos
I love the feasts of Mary! I have loves these feasts since I was a kid but I really did not know why. She has always been there but that was it, she was Jesus m...
Spirit of Peace
There is no doubt in my mind that Christianity and Orthodox Christianity in particular is a religion of peace. At the start of every Divine Liturgy we sin...
Osama is Dead. Now What Should I Feel?
Sunday night, like most of the world, I was captivated by the announcement that the President of the United States would be making a statement at 10:30 p.m...
Finding God in the Ordinary
Most everyone’s life is very ordinary. We rise in the morning, go about our business and the world does not pay us any attention at all outside of our cir...
1 April ~ St. Mary of Egypt
When Mary was only twelve years old, she left her parents and departed to Alexandria, where she lived a depraved life for seventeen years. Then, moved by curios...