Word Magazine November 1990 Page 5-7 THE GRIEF THAT HEALS by Father Joseph Allen This brief commentary on grief is a combination of things. It is, at once, something experienced and something learned, something lived and something academic. It is a commentary which seeks to demonstrate that only when one grieves properly, is healing possible. [...]
Word Magazine May 1986 Page 15-16 THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE Homily By Father James C. Meena “Blessed are they that fear the Lord and walk in His ways.” (The Marriage Service) (Ps. 128) “With fear of God, with faith and love draw near.” (Divine Liturgy — Call to Communion) (Ps. 111:10 — Prov. [...]
Word Magazine December 1960 Page 5 THE GREATEST FACT OF ALL TIME By Very Rev. Father Michael Baroudy, Vicksburg, Mississippi I want to discuss in this article what I consider the most challenging truth of all times. “If God be for us who can be against us.” The Christian priest today being somewhat puzzled by [...]
Word Magazine March 1986 Page 19 “THE GODLY MAN COMES TO AN END” Homily By Father James C. Meena The Psalmist David wrote: “Thou O Lord will preserve us and keep us from this generation. Save me O Lord for the Godly man cometh to an end”. Those who are familiar with the Psalms come [...]
Again Magazine Volume 12 No. 4 December, 1989 Page29-30 THE DREAD JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST By Saint John Chrysostom “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 11 Corinthians 5:10 Consider [...]
Word Magazine September 1962 Page 3/27 THE CROSS The Central Theme of Our Christian Religion by Very Rev. Father Michael Baroudy Vicksburg, Mississippi From the very dawn of history, when man was created thousands of years ago, we note man’s restlessness in trying to solve the mystery of life and the supreme purpose of living. [...]
Word Magazine June 1979 Page 17/12 THE CREED AND ITS BIBLICAL SOURCES By Father Ellis Khouri First Article I BELIEVE Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me (John 14:1). IN ONE GOD And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus [...]
Word Magazine, December, 1970 Page 6 THE CHURCH: RELEVANT OR IRRELEVANT? We are living in an era of confusion, permeated by the raucous voices of discontent and rebellion. These Voices question the relevance of age-old traditions and values— morality, love of country; even the subjects taught in our schools. The Church has now also come [...]
Word Magazine October 1967 Page 8/13 THE CHURCH AND THE AGE By the Rt. Rev. Protosyngelos Ellis Khouri, Pastor of St. Nicholas’ Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan. An address to the members of the Twenty-second Annual Convention of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of New York ad all North America Your Eminence, Dearly Beloved Brother Priest’s and [...]
Word Magazine September 1962 Page 7 THE CHURCH AND SALVATION By Rev. Fr. Michael W. Stott The following address was presented in a panel discussion entitled, “What is the Church,” before the student body of Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, in conjunction with their annual Institute of Faith, February 21, 1961. Other participants on this panel [...]