Category Archives: Theology

The Priestly Benediction

The Priestly Benediction 22 The Lord said to Moses, 23 “Say to Aaron and his sons, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them, 24 The Lord bless you and keep you: 25 The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you: 26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. 27 “So shall they put […]

2016-01-16 – 10:05 | By donzilla | Posted in Scripture | Comments (0)

On the feast of the Ugandan martyrs

Who could have predicted to the famous African confessors and martyrs such as Cyprian, Felicity, Perpetua and—the greatest of all—Augustine, that we would one day add names so dear to us as Charles Lwanga and Matthias Mulumba Kalemba and their twenty companions? Nor must we forget those members of the Anglican Church who also died […]

2015-06-03 – 12:14 | By donzilla | Posted in Saints & Mystics | Comments (0)

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Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of Gods grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all […]

2015-05-02 – 20:41 | By donzilla | Posted in Bible Scholarship | Comments (0)

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Alleluia! Alleluia! Blessed Jesus, make us rise From the life of this corruption To the life that never dies. May your glory be our portion, When the days of time are past, And the dead shall be awakened By the trumpet’s mighty blast! Tune: Holy Anthem 87.87 D Music: Saint Basil’s Hymnal, 1889 Text: Edward […]

2015-04-08 – 14:09 | By donzilla | Posted in Praise & Worship, Saints & Mystics | Comments (0)

I am the Christ

Who has anything to say against me? I, he said, am the Christ; I have destroyed death, triumphed over the enemy, trampled hell underfoot, bound the strong one, and taken men up to the heights of heaven: I am the Christ. —from a Easter homily by Saint Melito

2015-04-06 – 13:44 | By donzilla | Posted in Saints & Mystics | Comments (0)

Wisdom

For you love all things that are    and loathe nothing that you have made;    for what you hated, you would not have fashioned. And how could a thing remain, unless you willed it;    or be preserved, had it not been called forth by you? But you spare all things, because they   […]

2014-10-31 – 17:34 | By donzilla | Posted in Bible Scholarship | Comments (0)

Responsible for All

Here’s the deal. The Decemberists had it right when they said “You must bear your neighbor’s burden…” [lyrics] At some point in your spiritual development, you will suddenly understand what Dostoevsky was talking about. When I first read about being responsible for all, I was completely confused and, quite truthfully, somewhat affronted. But this theme […]

2014-09-03 – 16:06 | By donzilla | Posted in Theology | Comments (2)

Cross Dimensions

We had some visitors on Friday last, and we swarmed up the hill and planted the large cedar cross I had made from two 4×4’s. According to our visitors, the late Father Borden had said that the appropriate dimensions for a cross were the ratio of 1 for the parts above the cross and the […]

2014-09-03 – 11:43 | By donzilla | Posted in Agrarian Life, Bible Scholarship | Comments (0)

The time is growing short

The responsory from today’s Office of Readings:   The time is growing short, so we must rejoice as though we were not rejoicing; we must work in the world yet without becoming immersed in it, for the world as we know it is passing away.   1 Corinthians 7:29,30,31

2014-08-27 – 15:33 | By donzilla | Posted in Scripture | Comments (1)

Visited: The Monastery of the Ascension

2014-06-17 – 13:25 | By donzilla | Posted in Theology | Comments (0)