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The Temple of the Heart
Today, February 2, is the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple. The gospel for this feast tells us about Anna, an 84 year old widow, a prophet, who “never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day” (Luke 2:37). She saw Mary, the Blessed Theotokos, the…
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The Feast of the Presentation
The Feast of the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple is celebrated on a fixed date, February 2, about forty days after Christmas. It is one of the major feasts in the church year. The Eastern Church calls it the Meeting while in the West it is sometimes known as Candlemas or the Feast…
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A Prayer for the Journey
MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing…
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Feast of St. John Chrysostom
Today is one of the feasts of John Chrysostom. He became Bishop of Constantinople in 397. His episcopate was, however, tumultuous and short. He was formed by desert monasticism and continued the ascetical life in the episcopal residence for which he was often criticized. He incurred the wrath of Empress Eudoxia who believed he had…
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Sacred Time
Technology has to some degree enabled humanity to subdue and manage the natural world, the world of space. This conquest has often come at the expense of time. We expend time in our effort to gain space and the things of space. Our preoccupation with space and things tends to blind us to any reality…
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God’s Will
One of the questions I most often hear people struggle with is God’s will. What is God’s will for my life? What does God want me to do? It is often asked with the idea that God has a certain plan in mind and our job is to read God’s mind, to figure out what…
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Feast of St. Antony
Abba Antony said: “I saw the snares of the enemy spread out over the world and I sighed wondering who could ever escape such snares. Then I heard a voice, saying to me: ‘Humility.’” Today is the Feast of St. Antony. He has become known as the father and founder of desert monasticism. His journey…
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Interrupting the Silence 