Outer Works, Inner Deeds
I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—‘Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert…Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, […]
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Three Gifts of the Trinity
The Earth has sometimes been compared to a spaceship, a machine hurling through the black void of outer space. In this scientific vision, space is stunningly cold and inimical to […]
Ascension – the Marriage of Heaven and Earth
In a good partnership between two human beings, such as a marriage, each brings who they are as a gift to the other. What each one has, flows to the […]
a prayer
The following prayer was offered by Rev. Nora Minassian at the 24th Annual MLK Community Prayer Breakfast on April 7th, 2018 at the Phoenixville Middle School in Phoenixville, PA. Let […]
What Love Makes Possible
Think about what love makes possible: ~The great works of art ~The procreation of human beings ~The raising and education of children ~The healing of the sick ~The reversal of […]
The Meaning of the Earth
On Easter we celebrate a victory. It is the day we strive to recognize how a certain being died and then overcame death, changing death itself forever. But that little […]
from the wounds
The Creator God, the Logos, the Cosmic Son, emptied himself of his mighty power and descended into a human being. God became fully human in Jesus, through suffering what we […]
What is truth?
And heaved and heaved, still unrestingly heaved the black sea, as if its vast tides were a conscience. Herman Melville, Moby Dick The altar is a mysterious place. It renders […]
Light from the darkness
Black is the color of Passion. It is the part of the visible spectrum where all light is completely absorbed. It is the visible end of the cosmic path of […]
Living Black
The color of Passion time is black. We see the black frontal on the altar, the black robes and collars of the servers, the black stole and belt of the […]