Incommunion IC 57 2010 Archives

August 2010 Dear In Communion reader, At the eucharistic Liturgy, the word “peace” or “peaceful” is heard at least forty times. Its...

above: drawing by Fritz Eichenberg from Works of Mercy (Orbis Books) “I was a stranger,” Christ says, “and you took me in.”...

by Fr. John Mefrige Although Christ proclaims, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God,” too often...

by Kate Karam Moore An alarming number of people, including many active in church life, have come to regard torture as an...

by Alexander Patico When I was a kid, there was a comic book series called “The Justice League of America.” Its members...

Patristic commentaries on the Sermon on the Mount, continued... Again you have heard that it was said to the men of old,...

by Jim Forest Consider well the highway, the road by which you went. – Jeremiah 31:21 One could spend long hours making...

USA: First Episcopal Assembly Convened The first Episcopal Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Hierarchs in North America was convened on May 26 in...

These are extracts from recent postings to the OPF’s e-mail discussion list. If you are an OPF member and wish to take...