Listening keeps our perspective: God’s Word, our expectations
"No longer shall the dominion of death be able to hold humanity, for Christ went down shattering and destroying its powers" (Kontakion) In his homily for last Sunday, July 31,…
"No longer shall the dominion of death be able to hold humanity, for Christ went down shattering and destroying its powers" (Kontakion) In his homily for last Sunday, July 31,…
According to the Synaxarion, the feast celebrates the veneration of the Holy Cross in Constantinople. The early days of August were dangerous in antiquity. Because of the heat, many diseases…
All significant feasts of the Church are preceded by a period of preparation. We generally call this period of preparation as a "fast". Experience says we work on our human…