Word Magazine February 2001 Page 14-15 A MERCY OF PEACE, A SACRIFICE OF PRAISE By Very Rev. John Abdalah "A MERCY OF PEACE, A SACRIFICE OF PRAISE” is indeed a curious text that requires some thought. Obviously, by the treatment it has received from the great liturgical composers, this phrase must have great importance. But [...]
Word Magazine November 1964 Page 3-4/6 WHY I WISH I WERE A PRIEST By Andrew McDermott— Belleville, Mich. Learning that a shortage of priests is a serious problem threatening the welfare and future of our Orthodox Church undoubtedly has caused considerable concern in many people. With me this alarming news immediately sparked some serious, earnest, [...]
Word Magazine October 1962 Page 11-12 WHAT IS A BISHOP, PRIEST, DEACON Fr. Michael J. Buben St. George — Lawrence, Mass. Having an indispensable meaning in the life of the Church, the Sacrament of Holy Orders has a foundation from God. “And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of [...]
Word Magazine April 1974 Page 3 THE WAY IT WAS By The Very Rev. Michael Simon Say-id-na has given me an assignment. He wants me to talk about what I have seen or observed about the priesthood in the years that I have been in the archdiocese. Mostly, I hope to speak about the pastoral [...]
الصفحة الرئيسية المطران إيماننا وعقيدتنا جديد في الموقع Word Magazine April/May Page 8 THE SUFFERING PRIEST By: The Rev. Robert E. Lucas, S.T.L. Although it is true the priest is the hero of the human drama, a wrestler of gigantic stature, his weapons are neither the furor of the proud man nor natural courage, but [...]
Word Magazine May, 1962 Page 13 THE REVERSED COLLAR by Rev. Fr. Robert Lucas St. Michael’s Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church, McKeesport, Penna. Ninety percent of the criticism of the clergy comes from people who have never made an effort to comprehend the position of the priesthood in the Church of Christ, or understand that the priesthood [...]
The Word, June 1982, Page 7-8 THE PRIESTHOOD: A Joy of the Soul by Father Basil Essey The revolution in transportation and communication, and the surge of people around the globe make today one of the most exciting epochs in human history. However, great technological achievements can lead us to self-reliance. We become blind to [...]
Word Magazine April 1993 Page 7-8 THE PRIEST IN THE PARISH SETTING by Bishop ISAIAH of Denver We are living at a time in human history in which many long standing teachings and traditions have been distorted, not to say changed. It is not inaccurate to believe that in our day men are lovers of [...]
Word Magazine April 1990 Page 4-5 THE PRIEST AND HIS RELIGION by Archpriest Michael Baroudy, of blessed memory The Priest and his Religion is a topic of a considerable challenge to the priest himself, because the priest represents, in a particular and peculiar sense, the intents and purposes of religion. For religion is the vocation [...]
The Word Magazine, January, 1978, Page 6-8 THE PRIEST: HIS WORK, HIS LIFE by Father John Goolsby A priest of the Church. The name, the title, the station, can set the philosopher to pondering, the skeptic to raging, the agnostic to smirking behind his sleeve, the king to questioning his own authority. And the priest [...]