The prophet Isaiah proclaims these words concerning Christ’s Church: “The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily. It shall bud forth and blossom, and shall rejoice with…

“Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” These are the words Byzantine Rite Catholics hear from the lips of the priest at the beginning of every Divine Liturgy. It is a prayer full…

Christ came to redeem mankind from slavery to the passions by His life of sacrifice. Everything about Him went against the grain in a most unprecedented, radical manner causing scandal to the Jewish people who were expecting a temporal Messiah.…

When one hears the words “Egyptian Monastics and Solitaries” certain images naturally come to mind: a barren wasteland with whirling dust storms; burning thirst under a scorching sun; desolation and shivering through cold nights; scarcity of food and the heart…

Life is a precious gift from God, a gift to be cherished and respected from conception to natural death. The Church calls the faithful to be witnesses to the sanctity of life in a society that places little value on…