Word Magazine January 1981 Page 19 “DAVID SLAIN BY GOLIATH” Homily by Father James C. Meena David, being the youngest of Jesse’s eight sons, obeyed his father who sent him bearing food to his brothers in Saul’s army. When he got to the battlefield, he saw that the soldiers were quaking in fear before the [...]
Word Magazine April 1974 Page 13 A REFLECTION ON YOUTH By George A. Alberts In today’s society it seems that one of the most overworked topics is youth. Newspapers, magazines, and books have been devoted totally to the question of youth as a distinct category. From reading these items it appears that there exists today [...]
Word Magazine February 1994 Page 4-6 CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES STATEMENT ON ISSUES CONCERNING THE SANCTITY AND DIGNITY OF HUMAN LIFE THE CHURCH OF CHRIST EXISTS to serve God’s truth and God’s love. This vocation of the Church, and of every Orthodox Christian, involves us all in the task of seeking the truth – to understand [...]
Word Magazine October 1963 Page 5-6 A GOOD TRUSTEE By Father Michael J. Buben (The following article in no way reflects the relationship between the priest and Church Board of St. George’s, Lawrence, Massachusetts, where harmony and love prevail. This article was originally published in The Orthodox Vistnik (Messenger), January, 1959 issue. It is published [...]
The Word Magazine October, 1994, Page 8-9 CHURCH VALUES ARE EVERLASTING By BLAIR NAIFEH RECENTLY, A FRIEND OF mine who is 14 years old, told me his life story. For a moment I thought he was joking, but when I realized he wasn’t clowning around, I thanked God for my parents and for being Orthodox. [...]
Word Magazine January 1979 Page 18 PRIESTS ARE PERSONS T00, YOU KNOW. Homily by Father James C. Meena After hearing a certain sermon a parishioner asked, “What were you mad about? My response was, “What you heard was not the voice of anger but the voice of pain and frustration, the voice of a person, [...]
Ninth Biennial Clergy Symposium Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America July 15-19, 1996 "Orthodox Spirituality in Parish Administration" Fraternal Charity among the Clergy By His Grace Bishop Demetri As we begin our deliberations and discussions on this year’s topic of "Orthodox Spirituality in Parish Administration, it seems to me that we ought to take [...]
Word Magazine November 1958 Page 6 ONE FORM FOR LAYMEN? By Fr. Michael Buben, Geneva, N. Y. Roman bishops and priests partake of the Body and Blood of Christ in the same manner as do all Orthodox Christians; however, Roman laymen partake of Communion only in the form of the Body of Christ. This Roman [...]
ON CREMATION By Rev Father Christopher Holwey Questions have been asked, and I guess will always be asked, concerning why the Orthodox Church does NOT accept cremation as a viable alternative to the normal and proper Trisagion & Funeral Prayers at the church, and the burial at the cemetery that are offered after a member [...]
ON CHANGE by Fr. Anthony Hughs Fr. Hughs is the rector of St. Mary Orthodox Church, Cambridge, Mass I realize more and more clearly that Orthodoxy is the principle of absolute freedom.1 Fr. Alexander Elchaninov Abraham Heschel’s writings, particularly on the state of modern religion, ring prophetic and true. In a few words he distills [...]