I will tell you by what Christian ministry should be measured: our willingness to die to the world. If you have truly died to the world and taken Christ into your heart, be certain that your service can never fail, but will rather continue to shine from generation to generation.
Read MoreHold Him in your arms like Mary his mother. Enter with the Magi and offer your gifts. Proclaim His birth with the shepherds. Proclaim His praise with the angels. Carry Him in your arms like Simeon the Elder. Take Him with Joseph down to Egypt.
Read MoreThe Holy Mystery of Repentance is in truth another baptism. It is the power of God to forgive and cleanse us from all sin and to grant us the knowledge and strength to live the life into which we have been baptized, the life of Christ.
Read MoreThere is indeed a healer: He who on the cross asked for mercy on those who were crucifying him, who pardoned murderers as he hung on the cross. Christ came on behalf of sinners, to heal the broken-hearted and to bind up their wounds.
Read More“And so in like manner, the Father calls them sons in whomsoever He sees His own Son.” - St Athanasius, Against the Arians
Read MoreThe mother repents, the daughter repents. The father repents, the whole family repents. The priest lives a good life, the entire church lives a life of repentance. That is how it goes. The king of Nineveh repented, then the whole city repented—and God had mercy on Nineveh, a city that has become an example to the world for all generations.
Read MoreThe Church as an icon of the Holy Trinity is a communion of the faithful, and brings about a communion amongst the faithful, the same as that which is in God.
Read MoreViewing authority in the church in light of koinonia quickly dispels any perception of domination or authoritative rule in the worldly sense. Instead, authority in the church begins to be seen as a reflection of God’s communion with the world in Christ.
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