Archive for April, 2010

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

A New Look at the 23rd Psalm

In many churches, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, is called “Good Shepherd Sunday” as the Psalm appointed for the day is the 23rd and the Gospel talks about Jesus being the Good Shepherd. The New Testament Reading in some years is the section in Revelation where the Lamb is praised. This Psalm is used at [...]

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Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

Fasting from the point of view of Feasting

But it’s Easter, you say; we want to talk about feasting, not fasting. OK, I agree. In fact, our Orthodox Christian brothers and sisters forbid fasting the week after Easter as a sign that the long Lenten fast is over for them. In reality, we can’t talk realistically about fasting without also understanding feasting. God [...]

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