Word Magazine April 1960 Page 8-9 HIDDEN HUNGER By Rev. Father Michael Baroudy Vicksburg, Mississippi Under the caption “God and the American People”, an article appeared in the Ladies Home Journal disclosing the results of a survey sponsored by the Journal. The survey had for its purpose the determination as to how real is the [...]
Word Magazine December 1967 Page 16-17 HEAVEN, THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE CHRISTIAN By The Very Rev. Father Michael Baroudy, Pastor Emeritus, St. George’s Orthodox Church, Vicksburg, Mississippi An advertisement appearing in a recent issue of Time Magazine, inserted there by one of the insurance companies, reads as follows: “The future belongs to those who [...]
Reprinted from THE WORD, February, 1991, pp. 13-14. GRACE by V. Rev. Joseph Allen We hear the word all the time: Grace. We hear the priest preach about it, speak about it, pray for it. Indeed, we hear it during the Liturgy, immediately before the Consecration: "The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love [...]
Word Magazine June 1997 Page 17 GODPARENTS By Father Troy Mashburn In a healthy Orthodox parish, there is a continual flow of births, and consequently baptisms in the parish. Where the parish is genuinely taking the faith to the surrounding world, there is also a steady stream of Chrismations of individuals into the parish and [...]
Word Magazine March 1962 Page 9-10 GOD – THE SUPREME BEING By Very Rev. Father Michael Baroudy Vicksburg, Mississippi We want to concern ourselves in this article with the most sacred of all subjects, “God”. We want to attempt to answer three definite questions, having to do with this disturbing subject. First, what proof have [...]
Word Magazine April 1986 Page 11 GOD MAKES UP THE DIFFERENCE Homily By Father James C. Meena Jesus was very fond of speaking to His disciples in parables. While parables are easy for us to understand today, I am sure that as He spoke to His disciples at that time they were mystified by what [...]
Word Magazine May 1959 Page 5-6 GOD IS PERSONAL Compiled by Rev. Fr. Michael J. Buben, Geneva, N. Y. from lectures by the late Serbian BISHOP NICHOLAI VELIMIROVICH The Holy Scripture, from the beginning to the end, reveals God as a personal God; for all the characteristics of a personal being have been clearly shown [...]
Word Magazine February 1990 Page 16 GIVE GLORY TO GOD By Jameelie Dayoub In what should a Christian glory? Is it his work which stems from the flesh? Is it his activities? Or is it of himself? What must be the purpose of his glory, and how can he use that glory toward the growth [...]
Word Magazine January 2000 Page 9-10 FINDING OUR TRUE SELF IN SPIRITUAL DIRECTION By Very Rev. Joseph Allen Two of the ancient Fathers in the Christian East issued the call to all Christians to find one’s true self through the ministry called spiritual direction. St. Gregory of Nazianzus wrote: Now is the time, O my [...]
Word Magazine December 1962 Page 6-7 FAITH PLUS PATIENCE EQUAL VICTORY by Father Michael J. Buben The Russian Orthodox Journal, June 1953 An old Russian maxim states — BEZ TERRPENIE NET SPACENIE, without patience no salvation. From the life of Jesus we learn the great patience of our Saviour; a patience backed by faith that [...]