Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophecy is imperfect; but when the perfect comes, the imperfect will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke Read more…
Humility, not ego or pride, is key to everything in life. Prioritizing the attainment of humility as the primary goal is a tough sell in today’s culture. I was speaking to someone recently who kept saying that you have to have at least a little ego to be successful. I Read more…
We hold fast to the comforting words of our Savior: “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). This past weekend, the Guadalupe River swelled suddenly, sweeping away homes, camps, and lives—young and old—in what is already one of the deadliest floods in Texas history. Over Read more…
Each Sunday is a special chance for us to come together, pray, and learn about our Orthodox Christian Faith. We are excited to share with you our new weekly Children’s Newsletter, OCN Pew Pals. Sign up HERE to receive in your inbox. We pray that this weekly newsletter will provide Read more…
Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes Read more…
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have Read more…
Now before faith came, we were confined under the law, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a custodian; for in Read more…
As He entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to Him, beseeching Him and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress.” And He said to him, “I will come and heal him.” But the centurion answered Him, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come Read more…
Brethren, having been set free from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness for sanctification. When you Read more…
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. II Corinthians 3:17 For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another. Galatians 5:13 Live as free men, Read more…
All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies. Psalm 25:10 No one can meet a stranger and say upon first meeting “I love you.” If they did, this would not be a true statement. Because love doesn’t just Read more…
By Fr. Michael Psaromatis Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Before the sun lifts its golden veil over Fiji, while the matangi (the soft morning breeze) moves gently through the banana trees and hibiscus, I watch a single flame flicker beside an icon of the Virgin Mary and Christ. In the Read more…