Word Magazine October 1967 Page 13 DETACHMENT AND COMMITMENT Father Vladimir Berzonsky Holy Trinity Church, Parma, Oh “While we were yet helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Why, one will hardly die for a righteous man — though perhaps for a good man one will even dare to die. But God [...]
Word Magazine February 1998 Page 23 A TEEN LOOKS TO CHRIST By Rebecca Shwayri WITHOUT A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE TEENAGER DECAYS AND EVENTUALLY BECOMES NON-EXISTENT. ST. Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians directly addresses the weaknesses that each one of us must face throughout a lifetime. Ultimately, we are [...]
Word Magazine January 1981 Page 19 “DAVID SLAIN BY GOLIATH” Homily by Father James C. Meena David, being the youngest of Jesse’s eight sons, obeyed his father who sent him bearing food to his brothers in Saul’s army. When he got to the battlefield, he saw that the soldiers were quaking in fear before the [...]
Word Magazine April 1974 Page 13 A REFLECTION ON YOUTH By George A. Alberts In today’s society it seems that one of the most overworked topics is youth. Newspapers, magazines, and books have been devoted totally to the question of youth as a distinct category. From reading these items it appears that there exists today [...]
Word Magazine February 1994 Page 4-6 CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES STATEMENT ON ISSUES CONCERNING THE SANCTITY AND DIGNITY OF HUMAN LIFE THE CHURCH OF CHRIST EXISTS to serve God’s truth and God’s love. This vocation of the Church, and of every Orthodox Christian, involves us all in the task of seeking the truth – to understand [...]
Word Magazine October 1963 Page 5-6 A GOOD TRUSTEE By Father Michael J. Buben (The following article in no way reflects the relationship between the priest and Church Board of St. George’s, Lawrence, Massachusetts, where harmony and love prevail. This article was originally published in The Orthodox Vistnik (Messenger), January, 1959 issue. It is published [...]
The Word Magazine October, 1994, Page 8-9 CHURCH VALUES ARE EVERLASTING By BLAIR NAIFEH RECENTLY, A FRIEND OF mine who is 14 years old, told me his life story. For a moment I thought he was joking, but when I realized he wasn’t clowning around, I thanked God for my parents and for being Orthodox. [...]
Word Magazine January 1979 Page 18 PRIESTS ARE PERSONS T00, YOU KNOW. Homily by Father James C. Meena After hearing a certain sermon a parishioner asked, “What were you mad about? My response was, “What you heard was not the voice of anger but the voice of pain and frustration, the voice of a person, [...]
Word Magazine May 1988 Page 21 HUG YOUR MOTHER The Very Rev. James C. Meena Mother’s Day is a special day for all of us and I’d like to devote this article to thinking about the significance of this day. In this North American society which has become so youth oriented, it seems that motherhood [...]
Word Magazine November 1962 Page 3-4 CHURCH MEMBERSHIP ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS firmly believe that they belong to the Church established by Jesus Christ Himself almost two thousand years ago. Unfortunately, however, there are many persons who have received the grace of Baptism and Chrismation in the Eastern Orthodox Church who seem to have forgotten, if they [...]