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What Will You Give Me If I Betray Him?

April 17, 2020 By Fr. Stephen Muse

Everybody has their price. Everybody. Some forty years ago Bruce Metzger, my New Testament Seminary professor, quietly made a profound statement in class one day, the kind that finds a permanent resting place in the mind because it sheds light on an unfathomable mystery that remains obscure, yet keeps on tugging at the heart’s hidden longing. “No … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Judas Betrayal, Prayer of Gethsemane, repentance, SIn, temptation, watchfulness

Mt Athos Needs Our Help

April 14, 2020 By Fr. Stephen Muse

This is a letter I recently received from the Friends of Mt Athos regarding recent events that have left the small monastic republic vulnerable in a new way. They need our help and here is a way we can offer it.  Letter From the Membership Chairman of the Friends of Mount Athos in the Americas Dear Friends, I hope you all had a chance to see the … [Read more...]

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Love the Little Things

April 12, 2020 By Fr. Stephen Muse

Fifty years ago, On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard under the direction of President Nixon, killed four unarmed Kent State students on campus. This was emblematic of a decade of disillusionment ignited by the assassination of President Kennedy, civil rights struggles, and the heart-rending murders of Martin Luther King, Jr, and Bobby Kennedy. … [Read more...]

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No Humpty Dumpty Theology

April 10, 2020 By Fr. Stephen Muse

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty famously said in a rather scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.” [1] In some ways our post-modern, fake news-attributing culture is very familiar with this perspective. It seems natural and even desirable to “create your own reality” and then disparage anyone who objects … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: abandonment, crucifixion, dialogical reciprocity, St Sophrony

My God, My God, Why have we abandoned Thee?

April 4, 2020 By Fr. Stephen Muse

Today I sat in one of my favorite spots in the middle of my walk around Cooper Creek. It's a stone picnic table sheltered under some tall pine trees overlooking the lake. Carolina Tarheel sky blue above with a whisp of clouds over the green earth and the undulating brown waters of the lake. Light infuses everything and as I collect my attention … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: absence of God, atonement, cross, hesychia, prayer, St. Mark the Ascetic, watchfulness; St. Isaac the Syrian; mind-body unity

COVID and Communion

March 25, 2020 By Fr. Stephen Muse

      It is possible after receiving Holy Communion that I could be hit by a car and killed a few minutes later. Or be infected with a virus within minutes of receiving the Body and Blood of Christ. What about minutes before, in the act of Communion itself? Does Holy Communion exempt us from all infections, sickness, suffering and death? No. Does … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: COVID-19, Holy Communion

Sin and Grace Dwell Together In Us All

February 9, 2020 By Fr. Stephen Muse

Today we enter the beginning of preparation for Lent called the Triodion which begins the tenth week before Pascha on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee and ends with the Midnight Office on Holy Saturday. Triodion is from the Greek word Τριῴδιον, which means “three odes.” The season derives its the name from the Liturgical book which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Eucharist, Lent, Pharisee and publican, repentance, Triodion

Wisdom, Stand Aright!

December 8, 2019 By Fr. Stephen Muse

As did the very first Christians, we respond to Christ’s life-bearing word born in our hearts with gratefulness and love. We soon discover just as they did, that this joyful beginning involves a life-long maturation in response to a relationship that needs to be continually renewed and will be tested in a variety of ways, building greater … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: discernment, Divine LIturgy, healing, shame, Tradition, worship

Rocks, Bread and Philotimo

December 1, 2019 By Fr. Stephen Muse

The  "Sermon on the Mount," including the Beatitudes, the Lord's Prayer and a host of other collected sayings of Jesus are found in the Gospel According to St. Matthew chapters 5-7. This teaching Jesus gave to people who sought him out because they wanted to hear him speak things that moved their hearts; things that were true; healing words; words … [Read more...]

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Pastoral Challenges in Marriage

November 1, 2019 By Fr. Stephen Muse

Description This conference is for clergy, seminarians, pastoral care workers, mental health professionals, ministry leaders, and all others who minister to Orthodox Christian couples. Although this conference is geared toward a specific audience, any interested lay people are welcome to attend. Sponsored by the Center for Family Care of the … [Read more...]

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