Word Magazine February 1983 Page 17 “THE DEVIL IS A LOSER” Homily By Father James C. Meena In reading the Parable of the Sower (St. Luke 8:5-15), I’m impressed with the realization that God loves winners and that the Devil is a loser. Think about it for a minute. Who are the followers of God? [...]
Word Magazine April 1978 Page 9-10 THE DEPTHS OF ST. EPHRAIM’S PRAYER By Father Joseph Allen 0 Lord and Master of my Life! Remove from me the spirit of slothfulness,faint-heartedness, lust of power and vain talk. But give to me, thy servant, the spirit of chastity, humility, patience and love. Yea, 0 Lord and King! [...]
Word Magazine January 1964 Page 8 THE ANGELIC FOOD Rev. Robert E. Lucas Blessed Augustine once said that he was astonished at the thought of the institution of the Eucharist. There are so many beautiful fits in creation, but in the Eucharist the Love of Jesus for us reaches even to the heights of what [...]
Word Magazine May 1989 Page 20 “THAT SUPERFLUOUS STUFF” by Father Charles Joanides If you were going to climb a mountain and you were advised by an experienced climber that you would need two water bottles but you brought five, would the extra three likely help you? If you were also advised that you needed [...]
Word Magazine November 1970 Page 11 THANKING GOD FOR HIS BLESSINGS “Neither shall you covet your neighbor’s wife; and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” (TENTH COMMANDMENT, Ex. 20:17) Why is it that we are [...]
Word Magazine June 1960 Page 11 SET TIME ASIDE Rev. Fr. Theodore E. Ziton, Pastor Pastor, St. Nicholas Syrian Orthodox Church, Montreal, Quebec, Canada TIME, that precious gift of God . . . how wisely do we use it? How well do we apportion it? How much do we appreciate it? Time is so precious [...]
Word Magazine November 1980 Page 29 “SAY THANKS” Homily by Father James C. Meena “Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.” (Ephesians, 5:20-21) Thanksgiving is so deeply embedded in the spirit of the [...]
Word Magazine March 2001 Page 16/21 PRAYING FOR THE SAKE OF THE OTHER By Very Rev. Jason Delvitto Some time ago I was involved in a discussion group whose members were contemplating the power of prayer and how intercessory prayer has helped change the lives of so many people. Most of us agreed that prayers [...]
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN JOURNEY SERIES PRAYERS FOR TODAY TRADITIONAL MORNING AND EVENING PRAYERS OF THE ANCIENT CHRISTIAN FAITH From a pamphlet produced and distributed by: ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN PRISON MINISTRY HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA copyright, 1999 FORMING A DAILY PRAYER RULE Prayer is “talking with God.” In His mercy, God hears our cries, for He is our Heavenly Father [...]
Word Magazine September 1983 Page 14 – 17 ORTHODOX MONASTICISM: A BRIEF STUDY FOR THE LAYMAN by Father Isaiah Chronopoulos We are living at a time in which the monastic life is not only considered abnormal, but is even ridiculed and condemned. Even they who profess to teach the word of God, especially within Protestant [...]