As we continue—or for those of us observing the Old Calendar Feast, as we begin—to meditate on the Incarnation of Christ, following our celebration of His Nativity, we can find a luminous source of insight in the typology and prophetic power of Psalm Eight. Fr Patrick Henry Reardon’s classic work, “Christ in the Psalms,” shows us how not only this … [Read more...] about Psalm Eight and the Mystery of the Incarnation
Philosophy & Theology
St. Paisios: Too Many Worries Will Distance Us From God
Like Jesus’ friend Martha in the Gospel of St Luke, we “are worried and troubled about many things.” But as we prepare ourselves for the Nativity of Christ — as we look ahead toward His birth not in a royal chamber, but in the rustic and unpretentious cradle of an animal trough — and as we anticipate his quiet but earth-shaking Incarnation into a … [Read more...] about St. Paisios: Too Many Worries Will Distance Us From God
Analyzing the “New Totalitarianism” of Today
Italian philosopher Augusto Del Noce (1910–1989) argued prophetically more than half a century ago, that modern technology was being used to implement a “quiet totalitarianism,” one that by avoiding the overt violence of the Nazi and Soviet regimes, could quietly exercise the same absolute control within society. Totalitarian systems, he explained, … [Read more...] about Analyzing the “New Totalitarianism” of Today
St. Porphyrios On Prophecy and Repentance in Times of Peril
When we sense that our sins are leading us toward a dark and perilous outcome, individual Christians know to stop and pray and repent. But when we hear that our "collective" actions are leading us into darkness, too often our tendency is to look for conspiracies and cast out nets of collective blame. But neither collective subjects nor collective objects actually exist: only … [Read more...] about St. Porphyrios On Prophecy and Repentance in Times of Peril
Dostoevsky And Memory Eternal: An Eastern Orthodox Approach to the Brothers Karamazov
Why do Orthodox memorial litanies melodically reiterate "memory eternal” with such feeling and such energy? And why did Orthodoxy’s greatest novelist end his last great work so triumphantly with these same words? By going very deeply into a single passage in Dostoevsky’s masterpiece, "The Brothers Karamazov," Donald Sheehan leads us not only into the the center of the novel, … [Read more...] about Dostoevsky And Memory Eternal: An Eastern Orthodox Approach to the Brothers Karamazov
