Cross – Royal Doors

Dec

07

2016

Mark 8:30-34- Get Behind Me Satan!

FaithCross, peter, priorities, satan, Suffering

Glory be to Jesus Christ! Get behind me Satan! There are some of the strongest words uttered against someone by our Lord in all the gospels- period! It only appears even more harsh considering the fact that it comes a few verses after Peter correctly identifies who the Lord really is. And yet, it shouldn't surprise us. Satan tested Jesus in the wilderness with the same temptations- why suffer when you can rule these kingdoms? Why the cross and death? Throw Yourself down and reveal who you are and be done with it! What our Lord is telling us in this…

Luke 6:17-23- Keep your Eyes on the Flag!

Faithbeatitudes, Cross, golf, Suffering

Glory be to Jesus Christ! Do you enjoy playing golf? I'm not too good at it myself, but I really enjoy heading out on a warm summer day and embarrassing myself for an afternoon. Some of the courses that golfers take on can be quite challenging where you are not sure where it is that you are supposed to be shooting for. It is always a relief when you can see the flag off in the distance, pointing you to your destination. This is what the Beatitudes do for us, brothers and sisters. They point us to where heaven is.…

We Glory in Your Cross

LiturgyCross

MANY OF THE FEASTS we celebrate each year have a special rite connected with them. The Great Sanctification of Water on the Theophany, the hajme service on Pascha and the veneration of icons on the Sunday of Orthodoxy are perhaps the best-known examples of these festal observances. There is also a special rite proper to the feast of the Exaltation of the Precious Cross (September 14) called, appropriately, the Exaltation of the Cross. During the Great Doxology at Orthros the cross, adorned with flowers and herbage is brought in procession to the center of the church where it is placed…