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Fr Joseph chats with a teenaged catechumen who found Orthodoxy on her own—on the internet.

Fr Joseph chats with a teenaged catechumen who found Orthodoxy on her own—on the internet.

In 2020, pretty much EVERYONE missed the Lamentations service! (No, watching it online is no more the same as watching American Bandstand, or Dancing with the Stars, is the same as attending the prom.) Fr Joseph wept.

With restrictions being what they were, and fears continuing as they are, the faithful of St Joseph/Houston discovered something over the past year.

We have a whole generation that has either grown up home schooled, Harry Potter fed, classically read – or been indoctrinated by politically correct, often anti-Christian, public schools. They eat, sleep, and live differently than their elders; in equal measure being both more conservative and liberal than their forebears, depending on the issue. When they come to the Church, what do they seek?

On the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, Fr Joseph remembers Pete and Repeat sitting on a log -- Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me!

For those of you who are new to the Orthodox Church—or were‚—what say ye about that daunting second visit? Good experience, not-so-good experience? Fr Joseph shares some comments from parishioners and invites yours.

Fr. John speaks a Good Word for an Unfair World. Glory to God for all things!

Fr. John speaks a Good Word for an Unfair World. Glory to God for all things!

Fr. Joseph chats with newcomer Chris Shin, a tattoo artist and onetime street preacher.