Tag: Icons

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  Pray For Ukraine, And Then Act

  March 7, 2022

  I often remind myself that if I am going to pray for something I also need to align my life and actions with that prayer. It’s a way of giving existence to the insistence of my prayer.  I hope you will join my in praying for Ukraine, and then act.  A friend of mine, Fr. Read more
• Why Matter Matters – St. John of Damascus

  October 13, 2011

  I do not venerate matter, I venerate the fashioner of matter, who became matter for my sake and accepted to dwell in matter and through matter worked my salvation, and I will not cease from reverencing matter, through which my salvation was worked. – St. John of Damascus Read more
• Iconoclasm

  January 23, 2009

  If, as I suggested in the previous post, we all have and venerate icons then maybe there is a corollary to be considered. How are we also iconoclasts? What images have we and do we continue to destroy? Iconoclasm is often justified as an attempt to protect or defend God. The incarnation, however, lies at Read more
• What are your icons?

  January 20, 2009

  “Show me the icons that you venerate, that I may be able to understand your faith.” – John of Damascus As I watched the inaugural events of this week and especially today’s inauguration I was reminded that we are surrounded by images, icons. They fill our world, our minds, and our hearts. There are icons Read more