Category: Blog
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Assembly Delegation to Participate in March for Life
It is good the see the GOA better represented. The OCA has consistently been pro-life leading the Orthodox delegation in the March for Life for years. The Antiochians have never wavered in their defense of the value of unborn life. The GOA leadership has displayed confusion about the moral dimensions of abortion except for Bp.…
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A Scar is Not a Wound
When we suffer wounds, especially traumatic wounds (fired from a job, a divorce, loss of a loved one, abuse, etc.) God can bring healing. Healing takes time and often the most healing comes through others who have suffered the same kind of wounding. Wounding changes us however. It leaves scars.
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Can You Help a Priest in Need?
It’s unfortunate but true: Sometimes priests are treated unfairly and the results can be financially catastrophic. A friend of mine, a solid priest with a great track record and no hint of scandal, untoward behavior or anything else that warrants the kind of treatment he is receiving, is undergoing some grave difficulty at the moment.
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Arrested Development: The Destruction Of Masculinity In A Pornified Culture
The most pernicious form of this warped masculinity comes in the temptation of pornography, which Struthers says “hijacks a man’s mental world” and impedes his progress toward becoming the best man he can be. As a result, we have today a generational arrested development of young males who remain in the emotional stages of boyhood.
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St. Basil the Great and Christian Philanthropy
By John G. Panagiotou Many things are said and written about the great Cappodocian Father of the 4th century St. Basil the Great of Caesarea. In Basil the Great, we find the consummate theologian, liturgical scholar, ascetic and evangelist of the Faith. Too often, however, one more aspect of Basil is left overlooked and that…