Word Magazine December 1986 Page 15 REFLECTIONS ON THE WORD OF GOD “READY FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD?” —A Reflection on Matthew 25:1-13 by The Rev. Dr. Stanley S. Harakas Christians believe that Christ will “come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,” as we say each Sunday in the Creed [...]
Word Magazine April 1971 Page 13/14 THE CALLING OF GOD IN CHRIST By The Late Fr. Michael Baroudy Vicksburg, Miss. The high calling of God and its implication to humanity is the theme of this article. No one has ever been satisfied with life without giving thought and meditation to the supreme purpose of living. [...]
Word Magazine February 1985 Page 26 REFLECTIONS ON THE WORD OF GOD “WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A SINNER MEETS CHRIST?” Luke 19:1-10 The Rev. Dr. Stanley S. Harakas “What happens when a sinner meets Christ?” That is what the story about that short Chief Tax Collector of Jericho is about. Most of us know how Zacchaeus [...]
Word Magazine February 1964 Page 9-10 THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGES By Very Rev. Father Michael Baroudy, Pastor Emeritus, Vicksburg, Miss. The twentieth century will probably go down in history as a period of progress, scientific discoveries and drastic changes in every phase of our lives. The tenure and complexion of our world is being transformed [...]
Word Magazine March 1989 Page 5-6 RELIGION: ITS ROLE IN SOCIETY Can It Be a Vehicle by Which Women and Men Are Allowed Common and Equal Experiences of Humanity? by Laurice B. Maloley Religion broadly defined in Funk and Wagnall’s Standard Encyclopedia is “a way of life based upon man’s ultimate relation to the universe [...]
Word Magazine September 1962 Page 7 THE CHURCH AND SALVATION By Rev. Fr. Michael W. Stott The following address was presented in a panel discussion entitled, “What is the Church,” before the student body of Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, in conjunction with their annual Institute of Faith, February 21, 1961. Other participants on this panel [...]
Word Magazine March 2001 Page 23 ROWING TOGETHER AND GROWING TOGETHER By Very Rev. Stephen Rogers Have you ever gone canoeing with another person? One thing you learn very quickly when trying to navigate a vessel over the water by paddling is that your paddling had better be in rhythm and harmony with the others [...]
Word Magazine October 1967 Page 8/13 THE CHURCH AND THE AGE By the Rt. Rev. Protosyngelos Ellis Khouri, Pastor of St. Nicholas’ Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan. An address to the members of the Twenty-second Annual Convention of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of New York ad all North America Your Eminence, Dearly Beloved Brother Priest’s and [...]
Word Magazine April 1981 Page 16 SALVATION PROMISED SALVATION ASSURED Homily By Father James C. Meena When the paralytic was lowered through the roof in order that Jesus might see and have compassion on him, the first action of Jesus was to assure him of his salvation. He said, “My son, your sins are forgiven.” [...]
Word Magazine May 1999 Page 8-9 PARADISE LOST By Fr. Daniel Griffith Adam sat before paradise and, lamenting his nakedness, he wept, “Woe is me! By evil deceit was I persuaded and led astray, and now I am an exile from glory. Woe is me! In my simplicity I was stripped naked, and now I [...]