The Gospel reading for Matins this Sunday answers the question "Am I Called?" When you have understood this, you know what to do next. So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I … [Read more...]
10 Reasons Bivocational Ministry Matters
By Chuck Lawless “I didn’t come to seminary to be a bivocational minister, to have to get another kind of job,” my student told me. I may not have agreed with my student, but I did understand his thinking. Back then (almost 15 years ago), we weren’t talking much about bivocational ministr … [Read more...]
You Don’t Have to Like Your Priest
A reader recommended Brother Patrick Mary Briscoe's article "You Don't have to Like Your priest" (published on March 7, 2014 at Dominicana) It is an excellent article and I recommend it, too. Imitation is the highest form of flattery. The following is patterned on Brother Patrick's essay. Why do … [Read more...]
On the Priesthood, Book 4 – On the Danger of Unworthy Ordination (St. John Chrysostom)
Treatise on the Priesthood.Saint John Chrysostom(source: www.ccel.org/fathers) Book IV. On the Dangers of Unworthy Ordination Basil heard this, and after a little pause thus replied: If you were ambitious of obtaining this office on your own, then your fear would have been reasonable; for in b … [Read more...]
On the Priesthood, Book 3 – On the Power and Temptations of the Priesthood (St. John Chrysostom)
Treatise on the Priesthood. Saint John Chrysostom (source: www.ccel.org/fathers) Book III. The Power and Temptations of the Priesthood 1. Chrysostom: As regards the insult to those who have done me honor, what I have already said might be sufficient to prove that in avoiding this office I had … [Read more...]
On the Priesthood, Book 2 – On the Qualities of a Good Pastor (St. John Chrysostom)
Treatise on the Priesthood, by St. John Chrysostom(source: www.ccel.org/fathers) Book II. On the Qualities of a Good Pastor. 1. Chrysostom: That it is possible then to make use of deceit for a good purpose, or rather that in such a case it ought not to be called deceit, but a kind of good man … [Read more...]
On the Priesthood, Book 1 – The Deception (St. John Chrysostom)
Treatise on the Priesthood, by St. John Chrysostom (source: www.ccel.org/fathers) Book I. The Deception. 1. I had many genuine and true friends, men who understood the laws of friendship, and faithfully observed them; but out of this large number there was one who excelled all the rest in his … [Read more...]
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