Month: May 2020

Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council Today, the Sunday after the feast of Ascension, we celebrate the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council. Normally, priests speak about the theological implications of this council: the Fathers had gathered

The Sunday of the Blind Man Following Jesus isn’t always easy. Sometimes it means we have to make a moral or ethical decision that puts our livelihoods in jeopardy. This is what happens in today’s epistle reading from Acts. There

Sunday of the Samaritan Woman I have a lot of friends from seminary who are in the Antiochian Archdiocese. When today’s epistle is read—especially verse 29, “… [it was] in Antioch the disciples assumed the title ‘Christians’ for the first

The Sunday of Paralytic Often, as Christians, we become complacent when we hear Bible stories. Most of us have heard these stories since we were kids, so they no longer hold any surprises for us. As soon as the first

Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women Today is the second Sunday after Pascha, so we turn to our attention to the burial of Jesus and the discovery of the empty tomb. Though we celebrated these events during Holy Week and on