Word Magazine February 1977 Page 6/20 IDENTITY AND TOLERANCE: PASTORAL THOUGHTS ON THE ANTIOCHIAN HOLY YEAR Joseph J. Allen Before we all get taken up with the historic visit of our venerable Patriarch Elias IV, and all that rightfully accompanies such a great moment for Orthodoxy in America, we had better get our heads and [...]
Word Magazine June 1959 Page 6-7 IDENTITY WITH GOD . . . ITS SIGNIFICANCE By Very Rev. Archpriest Michael Baroudy Vicksburg, Mississippi If someone were to ask me to write a motto which would inspire hope for the future, especially for the immediate future which began with the year 1959, I would say without hesitation, [...]
Word Magazine October 1980 Page 11-12 MONASTIC HOSPITALITY YESTERDAY AND TODAY By Brother Job, guestmaster, Monk of Skete The Lord appeared to Abraham by the terebinths of Mamre, he was sitting at the entrance of the tent as the day grew hot. Looking up, he saw three men standing near him. As soon as he [...]
Word Magazine April 1986 Page 11 GOD MAKES UP THE DIFFERENCE Homily By Father James C. Meena Jesus was very fond of speaking to His disciples in parables. While parables are easy for us to understand today, I am sure that as He spoke to His disciples at that time they were mystified by what [...]
Word Magazine March 1962 Page 9-10 GOD – THE SUPREME BEING By Very Rev. Father Michael Baroudy Vicksburg, Mississippi We want to concern ourselves in this article with the most sacred of all subjects, “God”. We want to attempt to answer three definite questions, having to do with this disturbing subject. First, what proof have [...]
Word Magazine June 1997 Page 17 GODPARENTS By Father Troy Mashburn In a healthy Orthodox parish, there is a continual flow of births, and consequently baptisms in the parish. Where the parish is genuinely taking the faith to the surrounding world, there is also a steady stream of Chrismations of individuals into the parish and [...]
Reprinted from THE WORD, February, 1991, pp. 13-14. GRACE by V. Rev. Joseph Allen We hear the word all the time: Grace. We hear the priest preach about it, speak about it, pray for it. Indeed, we hear it during the Liturgy, immediately before the Consecration: "The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love [...]
Word Magazine December 1967 Page 16-17 HEAVEN, THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE CHRISTIAN By The Very Rev. Father Michael Baroudy, Pastor Emeritus, St. George’s Orthodox Church, Vicksburg, Mississippi An advertisement appearing in a recent issue of Time Magazine, inserted there by one of the insurance companies, reads as follows: “The future belongs to those who [...]
Word Magazine April 1960 Page 8-9 HIDDEN HUNGER By Rev. Father Michael Baroudy Vicksburg, Mississippi Under the caption “God and the American People”, an article appeared in the Ladies Home Journal disclosing the results of a survey sponsored by the Journal. The survey had for its purpose the determination as to how real is the [...]