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Trust God and Love!

andre — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:26:06 +0000

April 8, 2025 Trust God and Love! I was quite privileged to attend the Orthodox LGBTQ+ Faithful Spiritual Outreach Weekend at Fordham University this past weekend. An entire volume could be written about the intellectually stimulating lectures, the thought-provoking personal stories, and the heartfelt and monumental support of each other, which was exceptionally palpable over […]

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Burn! You Can’t Marry

andre — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 01:15:40 +0000

December 17, 2023 Burn! You can’t marry. Four Weddings and a Funeral is a British movie, released in 1994, about the romantic adventures of Charles, played by Hugh Grant, and his lively group of friends as they support each other through a series of life events. Perhaps one of the most touching and memorable scenes […]

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Be the Person You Needed When You Were Younger

andre — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:43:39 +0000

Be the Person You Needed When You Were Younger October 30, 2023 Watching a documentary recently about the detrimental and life-threatening struggles thousands of homeless children face, I was struck by the following words of one of the counselors: “Be the person you needed when you were younger.” The often-quoted words are believed to originate […]

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Praying with Eyes Closed or Open?

andre — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 01:41:06 +0000

The Orthodox has many rules and directives for priests. One that I frequently violated was serving the Divine Liturgy from memory and not reading from the service book. The sacred services of the Church are quite beautiful and deeply rooted in Scripture as well as the writings of the Holy Fathers. The words and symbolic […]

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