A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
Great and Holy Tuesday‘Make radiant the garment of my soul’… Few could imagine six months ago that the world would be turned upside down by pestilence. Had we known, would we not have been better equipped? The Lord Jesus Christ asked: ‘When the Son of Man comes, will...
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
Great and Holy Monday‘Behold, the bridegroom comes…’ In Eighth Century B.C. Israel, the Lord God instructed the prophet Hosea to marry the prostitute Gomer to teach His people by drawing a parallel. God loved His chosen people with all the fidelity of a devoted...
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
In one of his lighter moments, Benjamin Franklin penned his own epitaph. Here’s what he envisioned to be on his tombstone: The Body ofB. FranklinPrinter;Like the Cover of an old Book,Its Contents torn out,And stripped of its Lettering and Gilding,Lies here, Food for...
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
Strength in Weakness“My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.”(II Corinthians 12:9) ‘Life is difficult,’ M. Scott Peck writes in The Road Less Traveled. Yet people complain as though life should be easy. ‘Once we truly know that life...
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
Greetings in Christ St. Mary’s Family! Here are some wonderful videos produced by the Archdiocese about Holy Week featuring Liturgics professor Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas about Holy Week: Christ’s Passion Journey to Pascha – Christ’s Ressurection In Christ, Fr. Jason...
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
An Edifying Story from the Writings of St. John Cassian Father Serapion once said: “When I was a young man I lived with my spiritual father, and at mealtimes, prompted by the devil, I would steal a rusk of bread as I got up from the table and eat it without my...
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
In Everything with ThanksgivingRev. Fr. John Kostas Very few of us in this world can be called ingrates. Most of us try to accentuate the positive. We count our blessings, looking at life as though it were a scale, with the good things outweighing the bad. That’s good...
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
Προσοχή (Prosoche) and Προσευχή (Proseuche)Attention and Prayer Did you know there are currently seven billion smartphone lines in the world for a population of 7.5 billion people? Every day, 8 out of 10 adults in the United States use the internet and spend an...
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
Greetings in Christ, Please follow this link to see today’s video Daily Vitamin. May God bless you all! Fr. Jason Houck
A Daily Vitamin, Spiritual Reflections
What is the soul, brothers and sisters? Have you ever thought about this? Well, our Church has quite a bit to teach us about this vital aspect of the human person. A starting point for our meditation today comes from the hymn for St. Mary of Egypt, whom we commemorate...
