Second Day Notes from Clergy Conference 2023
You may be interested in the Day 2 of Fr Shaun’s notes –sketches of the day–from the 2023 Clergy conference. These notes raise questions as to the quality of our…
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Prayers for the victims of the earthquake in Turkey
The images and personal stories of the Turkish and Syrian who people who are living with great intensity the horrors of the 7.8 earthquake on February 6th are moving. There…
A note on the Melkite Clergy Conference 2023
Here is an OpEd from Father Shaun, a Melkite priest in San Diego, writing following a clergy meeting in San Antonio, Texas this week. The point of reposting Father Shaun’s…
Feast of the Encounter with the Lord
The Feast of the Encounter with the Lord Tomorrow is Hippopotamus Day! The Divine Liturgy for the Encounter with the Lord will be served at 5:30 p.m. No, I haven’t…
The Publican’s prayer
Do you know and use the Jesus Prayer –the Publican’s prayer, Lord, Jesus Christ, have mercy on me a sinner?
Three Holy Hierarchs feast
Happy Feast – Three Holy Hierarchs To settle a dispute in the 12th century over whether Basil the Great, Gregory Nazianzus or John Chrysostom was the preeminent church father, it…