On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does […]

Lately there have been two cases that have strongly pointed out why it is so important to have a clear investigation of the facts before drawing conclusions. Both started out appearing to be one type of crime while quickly morphing into another type of crime. The first one is the case of the Covington Catholic […]

As we all know, part of growing in the Orthodox faith is learning to fight temptations. One of the ways of learning to fight those temptations is to admit a temptation that you have had. Usually, those are admitted to a spiritual father, but Scripture also talks about confessing our sins one to another. That […]

Darrin Bell is an African-American cartoonist. He has been awarded the 2015 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, as well as the 2016 Clifford K. & James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons. Several collections of his cartoons have been published. His Candorville cartoon works heavily with both African-American and Latino characters and is often placed […]

But the true saint forgets himself in love. So it does not occur to him that there is any splendor in him. When Elizabeth Fry reached heaven she was doubtless surprised to see the mighty, acclaimed among men, waved aside, and double surprised when Jesus said to her, “Come, … blessed of my Father” (25:34). […]

“He, the Life of all, our Lord and Saviour, did not arrange the manner of his own death lest He should seem to be afraid of some other kind. No. He accepted and bore upon the cross a death inflicted by others, and those other His special enemies, a death which to them was supremely […]

Some of the brothers came to Abba Anthony to tell him the dreams they had seen, and to learn from him if they are true, or from demons. Now they had a donkey, and it died on the way. When they finally came to the elder, he said to them first, How did the little […]