Witness, NM

The gift of the seal of the Holy Spirit Servant of God… Am I supposed to say something here? Servant of God… Oh dude, that’s the Eucharist! Wow, that makes sense for so many people. Wait, father is looking at me. I’m supposed to say something. Servant of God… Anything good in me is from…

Reflections on required reading pt. iv Χριστος ανεστη! I have spoken about this before, but what keeps me captive with the passion of rage is the want for those who have wronged me to apologize for what they did, or what I perceived as what they did. It’s a long list. This is forgiving others’…

Reflections on required reading pt. iii “I said to myself, ‘Come now, I will make a test of pleasure; enjoy yourself.’ But again, this also was vanity. I said of laughter, ‘It is mad,’ and of pleasure, ‘What use is it?’ I searched with my mind how to cheer my body with wine—my mind still…

Reflections on required reading pt. ii Χριστος ανεστη! Through reading St. Maximus’ works, prayer, and the grace of God, I have come to understand the cosmic nature and consequences of The Fall through the lens of God’s love for Man. Otherwise, it is only another sacred origin story like any other, having parallels with Mesopotamian…

Reflections on required reading pt. i “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven     and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout,     giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,    so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;…

Paschal Reflections “Now if Christ is preached as raised up from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, Christ has not been raised either. But if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and…

Pascha Reflections Bless, O spirits and souls of the righteous, the Lord; praise and exalt him exceedingly into the eternities! Bless, O holy and low ones in your heart, the Lord; sing a hymn exalt him exceedingly into the eternities! Bless, O Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael, the Lord; praise and exalt him exceedingly into the…

Paschal Reflections χριστος ανεστη εκ νεκρων θανατω θανατον πατησας και τοις εν τοις μνημασι ζωην χαρισαμενος It’s Bright Week. I celebrated Pascha, sung Greek to the world, slept for a few hours then drove three hours to a monastery. I slept for a few hours and drove back to town. I’m exhausted. I’m running on…

Final Paschal Reflections on Creation “The heavens and the earth and all their ornamentation were completed. God completed his works that he did on the sixth day, and on the seventh day he ceased from all his works that he did. God blessed the seventh day and made it sacred, because on it he ceased…