Translating the Tradition

“If the ultimate mystery of goodness lies in the person, the ultimate mystery of evil must also be a personal one.”

–Fr. Alexander Schmemann

In which we examine the relationship between Christ’s fulfillment of the Law’s sacrificial system, our radical identification with Christ as our sacrifice, and our entering upon a spiritual manner of living, in which our life is to love as God loves us.

Jesus, as usual, upends our understanding of things, this time our understanding of who He is and how to find real, eternal security, how to enter into real, eternal life.

“And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.”

The difference between occasional and continual presence is life-changing

The myhrrbearing women and Joseph of Arimathea teach us how to continue as a follower of Jesus in time of crisis

Doubt is a natural part of the human experience. Christianity asks us to believe some really hard stuff. Here at the central moment of our Faith, Pascha, the Church sets aside the first Sunday after our celebration of Christ’s resurrection to deal with doubt openly, honestly, and head-on.

Or, how to say “Yes” to God at all times and in all circumstances

Jesus’ response to the way the world works – His ultimate antidote to the hold that the power-hungry, money-mad world-system has on us – is to teach us, His disciples, to embrace an entirely opposite way of life, the way that He died and lived: the way of the cross

On this second Sunday of Great Lent, we celebrate and commemorate the Holy Gregory of Palamas