365 results for 'saint block'

by Donna Farley When was the last time you began something new? As long ago as college, perhaps, or a new job? When you got married or had a child or moved to a new town? Maybe one of the most signi ...

by Bethany A. Whisenhunt During a recent trip to Greece, I was fortunate enough to visit with a family who observed strict religious practices. I was able to observe a family whose members participa ...

By Lorenzo Scupoli,  as edited by Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain,  adapted by Theophan the Recluse, and further adapted by Jack N. Sparks      What Is Mental Prayer? W ...

By Fran Presley    In Orthodox Church time, a mere ten years is like the blink of an eye! Still, my tenth year as an Orthodox Christian is a good time to reflect on everything I appreciat ...

Okay, so how does one relate to a fabulously wealthy deaconess martyr from Ancient Rome who was so filled with God’s spirit that she was miraculously healed every night after torture? Saint Tat ...

by Fr. Thomas Zell One of my earliest childhood memories is of piling into the back of our family car on Sunday morning and heading off to our little Baptist church in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Along w ...

Abortion and the Early Church: What Did the Early Church Fathers Teach about This Important Moral Issue? by Michael J. Gorman Contemporary Christians neglect the teachings of the Church Fathers o ...

What Did the Early Church Fathers Teach about This Important Moral Issue?  Contemporary Christians neglect the teachings of the Church Fathers on key moral and theological issues ...

Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches--Feed me with the food allotted to me;Lest I be full and deny You,And say, "Who is the LORD?"Or lest I be poor and steal,And ...

Theological and Spiritual InsightsAllow me to take you back on a journey to the moment of creation. Whenever we think of the Genesis account, we tend to ignore our connection to the environment. Perh ...

by Julia Demaree-Raboteau Some twenty years ago, I went to Harlem to teach weekly art classes to a group of mentally challenged adults at a day rehabilitation treatment program called Community Supp ...

by Father Michael Tassos In this article, I want to examine the connection between one of the wonderful tools the Church provides us to work out our salvation—the  Sacrament of Confession ...