Is it always wrong to doubt?  We all have our doubts about many things: the survival of our nation, even of our planet; we doubt our politicians and our leaders; we doubt each other and ourselves. God help us, some non-Orthodox, so-called “Christian theologians” even doubt the physical Resurrection of Christ! And yet we might […]

It is Bright Tuesday, the 3rd day of Pascha, and I greet you with all my heart: Christ is Risen! Indeed, He is Risen!   And all of nature is glorified!  Get out of yourself. Look outward. All is fresh, green, and peaceful. Daffodils are in full bloom. Tulip trees blossom. Nature sings a new song, and the […]

John 14 is included in the first of twelve passion accounts read on Holy Thursday evening, at the Orthros of Great and Holy Friday.  This is some indication of its central importance to Orthodox Christians.  Passages from this chapter are read at other times throughout the year as well. John 14 shows Jesus asserting His divinity in […]

This Holy Wednesday morning I’ll reflect on Jesus’s Great Eucharistic Prayer to the Father as recorded in John 17.  It is said in the presence of the Apostles just days before His Passion. Here is a portion of that prayer: At that time, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, ‘As you, Father, […]