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The dangers of wishful thinking in the Middle East Projecting Western ideas onto the Arab Spring seriously underestimates the danger of Islamism. Last July Matthew Kaminski opined in the Wall Street Journal that the transition to democracy in the Middle East would be as easy as it was for the democracies that emerged after the […]

As the world around us busies itself with dismantling all evidence of the recent Feast, we who have basked in the glory of the dawn of the Sun of Justice remain at the side of the sacred crib.  And just as a newly espoused woman gazes upon the jewel which betokens the love of her

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Sooner or later everything that begins on earth comes to its end, like the meadow grass that springs up in the morning and by evening has wilted. In Baptism, however, the tiny human being receives a new life, the life of grace, which enables him or her to enter into a

John the Blessed A tale of Photios Kontoglou (Describes a visit of St. Basil on the eve of his feast, years after his repose. Translated from the Greek original.*) The Nativity Feast having passed, St. Basil took his staff and traversed all of the towns, in order to see who would celebrate his Feast Day

Having celebrated the great feast of the Nativity of Christ, the Church draws our attention to the figure of Mary, Mother of God.  In the midst of this festal season, a season which draws all Christians together to worship the Savior of the World, we are confronted with a sad division.  The person of Mary,

I behold a new and wondrous mystery! My ears resound to the Shepherd’s song, piping no soft melody, but chanting full forth a heavenly hymn. The Angels sing! The Archangels blend their voices in harmony! The Cherubim hymn their joyful praise! The Seraphim exalt His glory! All join to praise this holy feast, beholding the

Deacon Sabatino, I just listened to Dr. John Cuddeback’s wonderful lecture on music and the soul. He brought up many things which I have been pondering for some time now. Coming from a Cuban family I have been very concerned as to whether salsa music or the more traditional Cuban “son” music with their African