(A letter from Fr. David Meinzen to the parish). “…for My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.” -Jesus (Matthew 11:30) Dear brothers and sisters of St Andrew the Apostle Parish, Christ is with us! With this letter I first want to thank all of you again, from the bottom of our hearts, for…
(For greatest benefit reading this, have your Bible at hand to look up references.) A common challenge to Orthodox Catholic Tradition is, since the Apostolic Scriptures teach us that Christ is the ONLY mediator between God and man (1 Tim 2:5): “Why do we need to confess our sins to a priest? Why can't we…
Taken from Jimmy Akin's A Daily Defense podcast (find it here).
Challenge
“People shouldn’t legislate their religious views. We live in a democracy, and not everybody has the same religion.”
Defense
This challenge is problematic on several grounds. First, it assumes people in a democracy shouldn’t vote according to their beliefs. This is false. Democracies…
St. John Chrysostom provides for us a helpful reflection during this Memorial Day: “But I don’t know where [my departed one] has gone,” you say. Why do you not know—tell me? For according to as he lived (well or otherwise), it is evident where he will go. “No, on this very account I lament,” you…
Thus says the Lord: “As the grape shall be found in a cluster, and they shall say, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing from the Lord in it,’ so shall I do for the sake of Him who serves Me. For His sake I will not destroy them all. I will bring…