world news God at a Distance By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-09T21:59:50+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses the parable of the wedding invitations. Full Article
world news A Crippled World By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-09T22:04:09+00:00 Fr. Pat explains that what God's Son did for the crippled woman is what He came to do for all mankind—to raise us up and straighten out our twisted lives. Full Article
world news Torah, Tov, and Chavod By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-09T22:07:20+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses three Old Testament saints that are particularly important in preparation for Christ. Full Article
world news With the Family at Christmas By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T04:48:13+00:00 Fr. Pat shares his homily from the Sunday of the Genealogy. Full Article
world news A Man Is the Measure of All Things By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T04:54:13+00:00 Fr. Pat explores three ways of looking at Protagoras's infamous assertion. Full Article
world news The Creedal Experience By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T04:57:09+00:00 Fr. Pat shares his homily on the Feast of Theophany. Full Article
world news Seeing Jesus By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T05:04:28+00:00 Fr. Pat reflects upon two people who wanted to see Jesus but were unable to—and what they did about it. Full Article
world news Boundaries By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T05:10:21+00:00 Fr. Pat reflects upon the Feast of the Presentation as a boundary between two seasons. It marks the end of the Christmas season and the beginning of the Lord's Passion. Full Article
world news The Highest Human Activity By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T05:12:31+00:00 Fr. Pat explains that prayer is the highest of all human activities. Full Article
world news Inheritance, Alienation, and Repentance By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T16:04:05+00:00 Fr. Pat reflects on three points related to the Prodigal Son. Full Article
world news Jesus Is Real; Hell Is Real By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T16:36:27+00:00 Fr. Pat argues that the above phrase possesses all of the clarity of the Last Judgment. Full Article
world news Final Preparation for Lent By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T16:41:11+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses the history of Great Lent and the practice of fasting. Full Article
world news Three Moral Fallacies By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T16:50:38+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses three moral fallacies that corrupt the conscience. Full Article
world news The Room, the Roof, the Reconciliation By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T16:53:26+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses the moral order in three stages. Full Article
world news Man's Resistance to the Cross By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T16:57:08+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses the patterns of thought that make man so resistant to the cross. Full Article
world news Fixation on Christ By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T16:59:29+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses the myrrh-bearing women and what united them. Full Article
world news A Walking Problem By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T17:02:59+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses three points with respect to the healing of the paralytic. Full Article
world news The Samaritan Woman's Three Problems By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T17:04:59+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses three problems that the Samaritan woman faces when she comes to the well and meets Jesus. Full Article
world news Discovering the Soul By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T17:06:17+00:00 Ideally, the discovery of the soul should accompany the discovery of God. Full Article
world news Peter, Paul, and Antioch By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T17:09:25+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses Sts. Peter and Paul and their relationship to the Orthodox Church. Full Article
world news The Reign of Sin in Death By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T17:13:34+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses three approaches to death. Full Article
world news In the Midst of a Crowd, Breaking Bread By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T17:18:57+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes. Full Article
world news Jacob, Peter, and God By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T17:21:13+00:00 Fr. Pat compares Peter attempting to walk on water to what Holy Scripture tells us of the Patriarch Jacob. Full Article
world news Trust, Memory, Similarity By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T17:23:30+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses the meaning of Christian discipleship. Full Article
world news Family, Forgiveness, and Flame By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-10T17:25:42+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses the social structure, the moral imperatives, and the discerning moral light of discipleship. Full Article
world news Return to Freedom By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-13T20:10:33+00:00 True freedom is not the ability to choose; it is found through habitual thanksgiving, and it leads to a blessed and transfigured soul. Full Article
world news Torah, Abnegation, Humility By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-17T21:23:46+00:00 Fr. Pat continues his discussion of discipleship. Full Article
world news The Consecration of the Virgin Mary By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-18T18:35:59+00:00 Fr. Pat uses Aristotle's four causes to explore the consecrated life of the Mother of God. Full Article
world news Great Lent By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-18T20:59:17+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses the three things expected of us during Lent: works of mercy, works of prayer, and works of fasting. Full Article
world news The Prodigal Son By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-09-18T20:59:46+00:00 Fr. Pat takes on the characters in this parable one by one—the father, the younger son, and then the older son. Full Article
world news The Cross and Christian Conduct By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-10-17T04:15:13+00:00 Fr. Pat reflects on liberation from darkness, the way of the Cross, and the inner Christ. Full Article
world news The Prayer of Those Who Feel Overwhelmed By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-12-01T22:21:23+00:00 Fr. Pat examines Psalm 3, a prayer that should be recited anytime a believer feels desperate and inundated. Full Article
world news The Place of the Human Being In the Cosmos By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-12-31T19:39:03+00:00 Fr. Pat presents a series of biblical quotations about kingship and priesthood. Full Article
world news The First Trimester By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-12-31T19:40:03+00:00 Fr. Pat presents three points of reflection related to the first three months of Jesus's life: the Holy Spirit, the Ark of the Covenant, and Mary's departure back to Nazareth. Full Article
world news The Promise, the Process, and the Price By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-12-31T19:40:38+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses three periods of biblical history related to the Nativity. Full Article
world news Three Greek Words By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2014-12-31T19:41:17+00:00 Fr. Pat introduces three Greek words that shed light on the mystery of the Incarnation. Full Article
world news Three Latin Words By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-02-08T05:16:10+00:00 Fr. Pat introduces three Latin words that shed light on the mystery of the Incarnation. Full Article
world news The Ordinary Christian Life By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-02-08T05:22:14+00:00 Fr. Pat examines the lay practice of Orthodoxy through the lens of the final chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews. Full Article
world news Giving Thanks By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-02-08T05:24:18+00:00 Jesus and the Ten Lepers. Full Article
world news What a Parable Really Is By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-02-08T05:24:46+00:00 Fr. Pat examines three components of the parable. Full Article
world news Three Provocative Questions By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-02-08T05:24:51+00:00 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Full Article
world news Complexity, Grace, and Compassion By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-02-08T05:24:56+00:00 Human beings are complex; grace is time insensitive; and we are coworkers with God. Full Article
world news Three Men Went Up to the Temple By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-02-08T05:26:28+00:00 Fr. Pat comments on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. Full Article
world news The Prodigal Son By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-03-02T21:41:27+00:00 Fr. Pat discusses three ambiguities in the parable of the Prodigal Son. Full Article
world news The Final Judgment By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-03-02T21:44:40+00:00 Fr. Pat shares his homily from the Sunday of the Last Judgment. Full Article
world news Lent: We're All in the Same Boat By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-04-03T17:13:57+00:00 Fr. Pat addresses three aspects of Great Lent. Full Article
world news The Enfleshing of God By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-04-03T17:16:03+00:00 Fr. Pat reflects on the mystery of the Incarnation. Full Article
world news Unbelief, Belief, and Experience By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-09T16:02:57+00:00 How the Church moved from unbelief to belief is an immense mystery. Full Article
world news The Mission of the Church By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-09T16:07:35+00:00 Fr. Pat explains what the story of the Myrrh-Bearers can teach us about the mission of the Church. Full Article
world news Biblical Worship By www.ancientfaith.com Published On :: 2015-05-30T04:43:04+00:00 Fr. Pat explores three essential components of Biblical worship: the sanctuary itself, the bread, and the lamp stand. Full Article