And to You We Send Up Glory, Thanksgiving and Worship
Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen. Revelation 7:12 In the previous reflection, we discussed how every good and perfect gift is from Above, how everything we have and everything we experience that is good traces
A Celebration the World Can’t Manufacture
By Fr. Michael Psaromatis Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia As the Nativity draws near, the air around us starts to thicken with expectations. You can feel it on the roads and in the car parks: horns, congestion, people hurrying to get everything done, extended shopping hours that promise ease yet
Don’t Be Ashamed for Being a Christian
Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the Gospel in the power of God, who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of His own purpose
Will You Accept the Invitation?
The Lord said this parable, “A man once gave a great banquet, and invited many; and at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for all is now ready.’ But they all alike began to make excuses. The first
Die to the Earthly, Live to the Heavenly
When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you once walked,
I AM the Door
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber; but He who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To Him the gatekeeper opens; the sheep