Category: Blog
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3 Holy Hierarchs
Today is the feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and St John Chrysostom. The story is that the people of Constantinople were trying to figure out which was the greatest. All three appeared in a vision saying “We all teach the same thing.” That should be true of everyone…
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The Ordinary
A series of Lenten Meditation is planned.
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Review: The Genius of Israel
Listening to Kan English news has become a morning habit. I wake up at 4:30 AM in San Francisco, thirty mins after the 2:00 PM newscast is sent out from Israel. After Morning Prayers, during coffee, I have time to listen to Naomi Segal or Arieh O’Sullivan fill me in on what’s happening in the…
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The Backstory
There’s a new link in the top navigation called “backstory”. There’s a history and since the website is 25 years old, I thought it might be nice to update with some Throwback Thursdays and some Flashback Fridays. Just one long “hit parade”. Although it all ends before 2010. The Backstory page is dedicated to Fr…
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And… action
Contrast and compare: active and contemplative life. Or, reunite?
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King Cake
It’s sugar flavor. One of my two favorite seasonal things to make, the other being cheese pascha. This is what you can do with two cups of flour, a pound and a half of dairy products, and some mincemeat, plus some food coloring and a heck of a lot of sugar. The bread or cake…
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Aleph is for Analogy
The post is an active exploration of analogy in theology by way of the letter A’s history and the silent Aleph in Hebrew, shedding light on the mystery of divine revelation and hidden prefigurement.
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Shiviti
Shiviti: a meditation image named for the first word of Psalm 16:8 שויתי shiviti meaning “I have set”: I have set your name always before me. In this image the fire of the Burning Bush is linked with the Holy Name and the Divine Mercy. And we are reminded that we can become – by…
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Calendar Crazies
Wherein the Author posts a ramble of the sort that were common on LiveJournals back in the early 2000s. It’s not a rant. There are several Orthodox videos. There’s not really a topic. Two recipes. And an invitation to support a Messianic outreach in Israel.
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Incarnation
The scriptures say he was like us in all ways except sin. Sometimes people need to be reminded that noisy, messy children are perfectly normal. And as of today, that is as of Christmas, they are also signs of the divine.
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Like Mother, like Us
In the course of Advent we hear the reading of the Annunciation a couple of times between Mass and the Office, including daily readings, it’s come up 3 or 4 times in the last 3 weeks. additionally, this same Gospel pericope, as it is called “in the business”, is read several times a year: we…
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The Sealed Gate
O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neither before thee was any like thee, nor shall there be after. Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me? The thing which ye behold is a divine mystery.
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Zos Hannukah
O Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver, the hope of the nations and their Saviour: Come and save us, O Lord our God.
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Right, but why?
Why is the image on the Tilma that of a pregnant girl? A blessed feast of the Empress of the Americas. She is Our Mother. Trying out the “vlog” thing here… Here is the story of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
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Solidarnosc
O Morning Star, splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness: Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
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