Week of July 19, 2025

My Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ,

May the peace and joy of God’s presence surround you this week.  Just a few updates to note.  First, as part of our religious formation and outreach, we created two videos on Christian spirituality that will be released in December.  The first video is on Christian morality is insufficient and how Christian spirituality takes us further than moral theology.  Morality looks at actions, but discipleship examines the complete transformation of the person by a relationship with God.  Mount Athos is the topic of the second video as the monks of the mountain can share wisdom with us who live in the world. 

This weekend, we are releasing a video on how Jesus Christ fulfils human nature.  So often we can think of Jesus as divine (and he is) but can neglect how his human nature reveals how we are to live and what we can become.  I am linking the video below.
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Please say a prayer this week for our mission and ministry.  I am praying that a couple of partnerships and dialogues may bear fruit for God’s kingdom.  Please know that you are in our payers especially in the Divine Liturgy.
Peace,
Rev. Ben