Word Magazine March 1986 Page 19 “THE GODLY MAN COMES TO AN END” Homily By Father James C. Meena The Psalmist David wrote: “Thou O Lord will preserve us and keep us from this generation. Save me O Lord for the Godly man cometh to an end”. Those who are familiar with the Psalms come [...]
Word Magazine December 1960 Page 5 THE GREATEST FACT OF ALL TIME By Very Rev. Father Michael Baroudy, Vicksburg, Mississippi I want to discuss in this article what I consider the most challenging truth of all times. “If God be for us who can be against us.” The Christian priest today being somewhat puzzled by [...]
Word Magazine May 1986 Page 15-16 THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE Homily By Father James C. Meena “Blessed are they that fear the Lord and walk in His ways.” (The Marriage Service) (Ps. 128) “With fear of God, with faith and love draw near.” (Divine Liturgy — Call to Communion) (Ps. 111:10 — Prov. [...]
Word Magazine November 1990 Page 5-7 THE GRIEF THAT HEALS by Father Joseph Allen This brief commentary on grief is a combination of things. It is, at once, something experienced and something learned, something lived and something academic. It is a commentary which seeks to demonstrate that only when one grieves properly, is healing possible. [...]
“The Heart wants what it wants” (Woody Allan) By Antony Gabriel This narcissistic phrase slipped from the lips of Woody Allan suggesting that his relationship with Mia Farrow’s adopted daughter should be considered as “normal”. Isn’t it odd that the much notorious split by America’s famous “twosome” should have denigrated into a loud clash of [...]
Word Magazine September 1971 Page 13-16 THE HOLY ANGELS By An Orthodox Nun Chapter I Like the existence of God, the existence of the Holy Angels is presumed, not asserted. Angels in the Bible are referred to simply—as accepted fact. Although they are mentioned several hundred times, we learn nothing about their creation or when [...]
Word Magazine April 1985 Page 22 REFLECTIONS ON THE WORD OF GOD “Love: What It Isn’t” 1 Corinthians 13:1-6 By The Rev. Dr. Stanley S. Harakas What is love? The 13th chapter of St. Paul’s letter to the Corinthian Christians is one of the all time classical descriptions of Christian love. To answer that question [...]
Word Magazine November 1957 Page 227/250 THE BIBLE IN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN EDUCATION by REV. PAUL W. S. SCHNEIRLA The source of Orthodox dogma is divine revelation. The Reformation in the west focused attention on the channels and depositories of revelation, and both the Papal apologists and the exponents of the new Protestantism tended thereafter to [...]
REFLECTIONS ON THE WORD OF GOD “NEVER WITHOUT HELP”
Word Magazine September 1978 Page 17 THE BUILDERS Homily by Father James C. Meena A few years ago, one of our modern buildings was not being built in accordance with proper specifications so one of the floors collapsed. That incident filled the newspapers around here for days. How fortunate it was that this happened before [...]