Word Magazine March 1971 Page 3 PASCHAL MEDITATION 1971 by: METROPOLITAN PHILIP LORD, I am talking to you between airports, between flights, in the midst of rushing crowds and noisy engines. Please forgive me if my words are vain and empty. The last time I talked to you, you were in a lonely manger. As [...]
As A Lamb To The Slaughter by St. Nikolai Velimirovich Our father among the saints, Nikolai Velimirovich, was a gifted theologian combining a high level of erudition with the simplicity of a soul steeped in Christ-like love and humility, is often referred to as the “new Chrysostom” for his inspired preaching. As a spiritual father [...]
Word Magazine May 1962 Page 5/24 REMINISCENCES OF HOLY WEEK By Father Michael J. Buben PALM SUNDAY The glorious Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem. With palms and branches and lighted candles we greet the Lord with the shouted refrain from the psalm: “Hosanna, Hosanna, Blessed is he who walketh in the Name of the [...]
The Word Magazine April 1980 Page 15 LIFESTYLES x homily by father james c. meena A Dead God? The words spoken by the young man in the long white robe, whom the Ointment-bearing women found at the tomb when they went to anoint the body of Jesus (St. Mark 16:6) ring down through the centuries [...]
From The Word Magazine , April 1984, Page 17-18 Services of Great and Holy Passion Week HOLY WEEK and PASCHA are the ultimate goal of the whole Christian experience. The absolute minimum fasting would be to eat no meat or dairy products the entire week. Add constant prayer and charity to this for a complete [...]
THE WORD MAGAZINE APRIL 1967 PAGE 6 A Meditation For Holy Friday “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” By the late FATHER MICHAEL F. MASSABNI sometime Pastor of St. George’s Church, Altoona, Pa. WHAT OUR BLESSED LORD did for us during His Holy Week and particularly on Holy Friday is almost [...]
The Date of Pascha Archbishop PETER (Reprinted from: The Orthodox Church Newspaper, April-May 1994 ) There is among the Orthodox a very widespread belief that the Christian celebration of Easter must necessarily come after the Jewish Passover. This chronological order is considered imperative and bears a symbolic meaning, as it is believed to have been [...]
The Word Magazine, April 1981, Page 5-6 An Easter Meditation By Religious News Service “And the women came out and ran away from the tomb because they were frightened out of their wits; and they said nothing to a soul, for they were afraid - .“ Mark 16:8 “When the women returned from the tomb [...]
Word Magazine April 1959 Page 4 THE EMPTY TOMB By FATHER T. E. ZITON, Montreal, Canada Resurrection in Nature Winter is now past! The snow is gone, and the gardener prunes his trees and vines for another harvest. Nature joyfully cries out: “Stop, look and listen for spring is here!” Yes, there is a glorious [...]
From THE WORD MAGAZINE, APRIL 1997, PAGE 4-14 AN EXPLANATION OF THE HOLY WEEK SERVICES OF THE HOLY ORTHODOX CHURCH AS WE APPROACH THE great solemn days of Holy Week, we bring to mind how our Lord Jesus Christ was betrayed and seized, tortured and crucified, died and was buried, and arose from the dead. [...]