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"Not only for every idle word must man give an account, but for every idle silence." ~ St. Ambrose
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by Hal Lindsey – When His disciples asked Jesus to tell them about signs of His return, He started with the words of Mark 13:5. “Take heed lest any man deceive you.” In Matthew 24, we see Jesus giving worlds of information in relatively few words. That doesn’t leave room for a lot of repetition. ... Read more ..read more
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by Fr. Andrey Lemeshonok – Remember what Christ said when He had just begun His ministry? Repent, as the Kingdom of God is approaching (Matthew 4: 17). But what do we mean by repentance? Here is another fragment from the Gospel that gives us an idea. A blind man sitting by the roadside shouts, “Jesus, ... Read more ..read more
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Many Orthodox Christians do not like to talk about the abortion culture as it exists today. Nonetheless, it is alive, well and flourishing. Error never shows itself in its naked reality, in order not to be discovered. On the contrary, it dresses elegantly, so that the unwary may be led to believe that it is ... Read more ..read more
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1M ago
by Fr. Geoffrey Korz – A Word to Quietists Who Distort the Practice of the Church What are politics? By definition, politics are the business of the polis – the business of the city. Wherever the people of the Church are found, wherever the faithful live and assemble, the lives of these members of the ... Read more ..read more
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by Bishop Luke of Syracuse – Yes, you should speak out. Don’t be didactic about it, but otherwise, you end up being indifferent or lukewarm. If you have the opportunity to stand up and express your displeasure, if you don’t do that, it’s a great danger. It’s a danger for your soul because the Lord ... Read more ..read more
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by Fr. Lawrence Farley – I suppose that most pastors have had the experience of a young parishioner approaching them privately and confiding in them their suspicion or decision that they were gay, bisexual, or transgender. Such confusion is in the air, has the Nihil Obstat [official approval] of both secular culture and governmental sanction, ... Read more ..read more
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by John Klar – Mutilating the genitals of young children will surely one day lead to a cascade of lawsuits against the State of Vermont. These sex surgeries are as irreversible as lobotomies. Psychology is a “science” that studies human behavior but is itself morally bankrupt. That is, psychology is unable to scientifically define normality. ... Read more ..read more
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by Fr. Zechariah Lynch – When clear matters of the faith are blatantly assaulted, every sober-minded Orthodox Christian is called to stand up and make a courageous answer. There exists a pseudo-humility. This false idea turns humility and meekness into spinelessness and cowardice, in which a person is unable to address anything at all. All ... Read more ..read more
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by Fr. Robert Miclean – The cross of Christ, the Lord’s triumphant and life-giving death whereby He destroys death, is so important for us to understand and internalize as Orthodox Christians, that the Church gives special significance and specific Scriptural readings for both the weekend before the Feast and the one that follows. This Sunday ... Read more ..read more
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by Patricia McCarthy – Who among us could have guessed a few years back that today gender ideology would be the clearest, most divisive matter of contention separating the American left from the right? To those reasonably grounded in reality, the notion that gender is fluid, that a Supreme Court Justice would be unable to ... Read more ..read more