Thoughts Along the Way

“Experience shows us that physical hunger can sometimes nourish the soul. The clearest proof of this is fasting. A fully-satisfied body generally denotes a completely…

“But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force…

Prior to his death on December 13, 1983, Father Alexander Schmemann celebrated his last Divine Liturgy on Nov. 24, Thanksgiving Day, at St. Vladimir’s Seminary.…

“The man who keeps silence with knowledge is the man who is convinced that he is unworthy to speak, as the Fathers used to say,…

“Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were camping. They pitched their tent under the stars and went to sleep. Sometime in the middle of the night,…