Reflections in Christ

Acts 13:1-3 Liturgy, fasting and hearing the Holy Spirit: Barnabas and…

In the Orthodox Church, the Parable of the Publican and the Pharisee [Luke 18:10-14) is the first of a cycle of appointed Gospel readings that…

Acts 12:6-25 Peter Delivered from Prison...  

Postfeast of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple Acts 12:1-6 Persecution and Prayer…

Acts 11:19- 30 First Gentile Mission Planted in Antioch 19 Now those who were scattered because of the…

Acts 11:1-18 “Who was I that I could withstand God?” Now the apostles and the brethren who were in Judea heard…

Acts 10:34-48 “God shows no partiality” The Good News is for All…

Acts 10:9-33 Call Nobody Common or Unclean 9 The next day, as they were on their journey and…

Acts 10:1-7 Cornelius 10 At Caesare′a there was a man named Cornelius, a…

Newspapers are always happy to cover bad news—as the old saying has it, “If it bleeds, it leads.”  Stories of kindness and…