Apr 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Introduction The story of Cain and Abel is of foundational significance in many ways. It is the first act of violence, and within that, it is the first murder – specifically fratricide, it is also the first mention of blood. After Cain has killed Abel, he becomes the...
Apr 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Holy Week Means No Holy War: Remembering Fr Alexander Men in the Light of Christ’s Glorious Passion Chris E.W. Green CLICK HERE to Download the PDF Fr. Alexander Men Given what is happening, and what is about to happen, in Russia and Ukraine, Holy Week is...
Apr 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Image by Andrew Martin (Pixabay) The Spectrum of Suffering, the Medicine of Mercy By Josh J. Valley This article is written in honour of martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the 77th year since his execution at the direct order of Adolph Hitler at Flossenbürg concentration...
Apr 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
A TALE OF TWO LOST SONS Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 All the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Jesus. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So Jesus told them this parable: “There...
Mar 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
YEVGENY YEVTUSHENKO (Russian Poet 1933 – 1997) In 1941 my mother took me back to Moscow. There I saw my enemies for the first time. If my memory is right, nearly twenty thousand German war prisoners were to be marched in a single column through...
Mar 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last year Ron Dart suggested that the Contemplative Order of the Sons of the Holy Cross should read and reflect on T.S. Eliot's Ash Wednesday during Lent. I did as was suggested and found the poem was insightful in a manner that I could not grasp immediately (on...
