Word Magazine May 1989 Page 7-8 Sex, Pornography, and the Media by Father Paul 0 ‘Callaghan Several years ago, U.S. News and World Report magazine surveyed 500 leading businessmen, government officials, and professionals as to what was the most influential force in America. Television came in first. I think they were right. I believe that [...]
Word Magazine April 1963 Page 11 RELIGION AND SCIENCE By John L. Boojamra Can a scientist believe in God? This is a question which is often asked today. The scientist in Western culture and particularly in America is regarded with a certain amount of awe. We tend to ascribe to him and to his class [...]
Word Magazine November 1970 Page 7 REFLECTIONS ON AN ERA PAST THE RT. REV. ELLIS KHOURI Protosynkellos of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of New York and all North America Sermonette delivered at the 25th Antiochian Archdiocesan Convention in Chicago, August 22, by the Rt. Rev. Ellis Khouri, Protosynkellos. My brothers and sisters in Christ: [...]
Again Magazine, September, 1994, Page 11-12. Reconciling Mary & Martha by Jan Bear When Saint Luke recorded Christ’s words to hard-working Martha that “Mary has chosen that good part” (see Luke 10:38-42), he captured in that brief scene one of the fundamental tensions of Christian life. Martha and Mary: work and prayer, community and solitude, [...]
Word Magazine June 1981 Page 24 PROCRASTINATION By Father James C. Meena A T.V. commercial for a well known piece of photographic equipment starts off by showing a young married man with a child in the background saying, “Someday I’m going to get a . . . movie camera for my child.” The next scene [...]
Word Magazine December 1962 Page 7 PRIDE Rev. Robert E. Lucas In Arabic folklore, there is a tale that as the tares and the wheat grow, they show which God has blessed. The ears that have been blessed bow their heads and acknowledge every grain, and the more fruitful they are, the lower their heads [...]
Word Magazine February 1964 Page 6-7 POVERTY By Fr. Theodore Ziton Wichita, Kansas When a certain Persian King was sad, his advisors told him that he would find happiness if he were to wear the shirt of a perfectly happy man. The King then sent out his secret police to find such a happy man [...]
Word Magazine April 1976 Page 16 PASTORAL CONSIDERATIONS ON CURRENT PROBLEMS SEX, NATURAL LAW AND ORTHODOXY By Fr. George Morelli Problem: While on Christmas vacation from college, my daughter told me that one of her professors said that sex outside marriage was not against the “natural law.” In fact, there was no “natural law” — [...]
Word Magazine October 1962 Page 10 OUR PAST AND FUTURE TENDENCY By Father Elias G. Dacy Speaking of the present and contrasting it with the immediate and not too distant past — of religious knowledge and the innumerable changes of aspects, thoughts, activities, etc. in the past ten years or so. There have been no [...]