Orthodoxy Today

Articles by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon

Religion: Orthodox Church
- Faith & Practice
  - The East prays it at noon, the West in the evening.
  - It reveals more about Jesus as a human being than anything else He did.
- Theology/History
  - In the experience of His baptism, our Lord received an earnest intimation of what it finally symbolized.
  - It contains two curious features.
  - The inscriptions that preface the Psalms are worthy of theological study.
  - Narrative and history.
- Sermons & Essays
  - When we consider the oral tradition that preceded the writing of the Gospels, it is essential to consider its personal quality.
  - Combining the imagery of Exodus and Isaiah.
  - The enemy that Christ destroyed is death.
  - Which scriptures did Paul mean?
  - What is Jesus' relationship to faith?
  - Jesus reproached His disciples, but he did not like it when others did.
  - Lord's Acton's dictum, while good, lacks something as a moral theorem.
  - What do we really know about him?
  - It's all about compassion.
  - The 'action' is conveyed through the mind of Mary
  - He studied the scriptures from within.
  - Are you a landlubber?
  - Vestiges exist even today.
  - Luke adds the biographical dimension.
  - They are both "beloved sons."
  - Mortality, not matter, is what Christ abolished.
  - The authentic Tradition of the Church requires a transformation of heart in the person charged to hand it on.
  - Our team came to work at the Orthodox orphanage, Hogar Rafael Ayau
  - It mirrors the Israelites in the wilderness.
  - Gad may be likened to Silas.
  - Matthew and Luke contrasts Jesus' obedience to the disobedience of Israel.
  - Opposition endures as long as the two men are together.
  - Was it a blessing, curse, or both?
  - Three lines of reflection on why they died.
  - What the bible says about it.
  - How to reconcile them? It's a bogus problem.
  - Why did two apostles even mention that the napkin in the tomb was folded?