Word Magazine March 2000 Page 6-7 KEEPING THE FAITH IN THE HOLY DAYS By Father Joseph Allen The key to “keeping the Faith in the Holidays (holy days)” is in the understanding of “time.” In the Orthodox East, where we call such days “Feasts” or “Feastdays,” this especially means both the place of time in [...]
Word Magazine March 1965 Page 15 CONCERNING FASTING By Sub-Deacon Robert C. Zbeeb The head or chief of the virtues is prayer, their foundation is fasting. Fasting is constant moderation in food with prudent discernment in its use. The law of fasting, though outwardly a law for the stomach, is essentially for the mind. The [...]
THE WORD MAGAZINE, APRIL, 1980 PAGE 9-10 A VERY TIMELY STORY... LAZARUS COME FORTH! (Please read John 11:1-45) by antony gabriel This thrilling biblical story marks a turning point in the history of salvation. The entire narrative holds us spellbound. It is so rich in imagery and spiritual meaning. The unique Gospel of John tells [...]
Word Magazine February 1959 Page 12 CONFESSION AND COMMUNION FR. MICHAEL J. BUBEN Pastor, ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH, Geneva, N.Y. The Great Lenten season prepares us for a renewal of our spiritual life. We learn that self-denial is not a purpose in itself, but only a means for positive and determined action. In preparation for, and [...]
Word Magazine April 1959 Page 5 LENT By Rev. Alexander Curry Lent is a period of forty-day fast which the church observes after the example of our Saviour Jesus Christ; it is a time for self discipline, self denial, and dedication. It is a time in which we are to discover our shortcomings and sins [...]
From THE WORD MAGAZINE, March 1977, Page 15 LIFESTYLES X Homily By Father James C. Meena Forgiveness - Doorway To Great Lent "I'm sorry"... - "I Beg your pardon"... "Excuse me". Expressions we use almost daily yet which we take so much for granted often have no real depth of meaning. Such expressions have a [...]
Word Magazine April 1999 Page 4-5 LENTEN MESSAGE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN PATRIARCHATE OF ANTIOCH AND ALL THE EAST IGNATIUS IV PATRIARCH OF ANTIOCH AND ALL THE EAST BY THE GRACE OF THE MOST HIGH GOD To our children in the Lord, The Reverend Clergy and the faithful people of true worship We bestow upon you our [...]
Word Magazine March 1982 Page 17-18 Homily By Father James C. Meena ENCOURAGEMENT SUNDAY FOCUS ON THE CROSS The third Sunday of the Great Fast is the Sunday that has been marked by the Fathers of the Church to be called the “Veneration” or “Adoration” of the Holy Cross. Every year at this time the [...]
Word Magazine March 1996 Page 13 LET US BEGIN THE FAST WITH JOY An explanation of the traditional Lenten fasting discipline The primary aim of physical fasting is to make us conscious of our dependence upon God. If practiced seriously, the Lenten fast involves, at least initially, a considerable measure of real hunger and a [...]
Word Magazine March 1993 Page 12 FASTING — A MEANS TO AN END! by Judy Yentzen I would like to quote from THE SPIRITUAL COUNSELS OF FATHER JOHN OF KRONSTADT, Select Passages from MY LIFE IN CHRIST, edited and introduced by W. Jardine Grisbrooke. “The Christian has great, spiritual, divine enjoyments. Carnal delights must always [...]