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DEMONOLOGY

October 27, 2023 by bradmin

by Fr. Jonathan H. Cholcher Demons are real, and they’re scary.  We Christians know quite a lot about demons.  This knowledge is crucial for our spiritual well-being and for the salvation of would-be Christians.  The major, if not main, aspect of Jesus Christ’s ministry is the exorcism of demons and destruction of the power of the demons’ leader, the devil.  “[Christ] Himself likewise shared in the same [flesh and blood], that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil…For this purpose the Son of God … [Read more...]

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A MIRROR (for Contemporary Christians)

October 20, 2023 by bradmin

Christ, the Son of God, gave us Himself and His holy life as a model, as we saw earlier: “For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you” (John 13:15).  Let us picture in the eyes of our soul this pure mirror and see in it whether our life is in conformity with the life of Christ.  It is absolutely necessary that it be in conformity. ”As was the man of dust (the first Adam), so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man (the new Adam Jesus Christ), so also are those who are heavenly.  And as we … [Read more...]

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The Secularization of Halloween

October 13, 2023 by bradmin

by Fr. Jonathan H. Cholcher Believe it or not, Halloween originated as a Christian observance emerging from its western European, Roman Catholic cultural context.  Halloween is literally the eve of All Saints (Hallows) Day kept on November 1, a tremendously important day in the medieval western European Church calendar.  Martin Luther nailed his famous 95 Theses on the Wittenberg church door on Halloween (October 31, 1517) because he knew most people would be in church to see them the next morning for All Saints Day.  Thus the Lutherans … [Read more...]

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Attributes of a Successful Parish

September 29, 2023 by bradmin

by Fr. Jonathan H. Cholcher The goal of the parish is to contribute to the salvation of souls.  Because there is a correlation between salvation and spiritual health, a parish is “successful” if it is conducive to spiritual health.   How much the people love God: how well they keep Christ’s commandments, and how strong their faith, prayer, humility, and reverence are;   How much the people love their neighbors: in the degree of unity in the parish so that “one soul is seen in many bodies” (St. Basil the Great), and in … [Read more...]

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