Note from CM: Today we welcome a longtime friend of Internet Monk, Father Ernesto, who shares with us how we might learn from ancient Orthodox tradition to help people with better pastoral care. Pastors, ministers, priests, and chaplains, I’d especially love to hear from you today, but I think it will also be important toContinue reading “Fr. Ernesto: Oikonomía, a better way to pastor”
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Ryan McLaughlin: A Luminous Darkness
A Luminous Darkness By Ryan McLaughlin At long last, I had found my way out of the wilderness! Or so I thought, at least. My wife and I became Roman Catholic on a beautiful spring evening in the heart of Boston. As Holy Saturday became Easter Sunday, the bells rang out and the lights cameContinue reading “Ryan McLaughlin: A Luminous Darkness”
Tokah: On the Sunday of Forgiveness
It is my second favorite day of the year, the Sunday of Forgiveness, also known as Cheesefare Sunday. We gather for the Forgiveness Vespers in the evening, candlelight dancing in front of paintings of those who have walked this path before us. Vespers starts normally enough, until we come to the prayer, “Vouchsafe, O Lord”. This prayer isContinue reading “Tokah: On the Sunday of Forgiveness”
Frederica Mathewes-Green on the Orthodox View of Sin
I saw this on Frederica Mathewes-Green’s Facebook page yesterday and thought it worthy of our consideration and discussion: The Orthodox view of sin is as an infection that pervades Creation and causes suffering for all (rather than bad deeds that demand punishment). It’s a new idea and hard to grasp, for converts. But one ofContinue reading “Frederica Mathewes-Green on the Orthodox View of Sin”
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