Now that I have, by God's grace finished these 15 reflections on the Byzantine Rosary Mysteries, I just want to thank you all for your...

The Coronation of Mary declares her to be Queen of Heaven, and so she is. The more mystically oriented East doesn't use the monarch...

The Dormition (the falling asleep of the Mother of God) is followed right away in Eastern minds by her Assumption, just as it is with...

In our Western Church we like to wear red on Pentecost to honor the Holy Spirit. Red speaks of Divine Love and also (be aware!) speaks...

You and I measure everything by time, from "What time is it?", to "When was that?" - and beyond these simple reliances to a vast array ...

OrthodoX do not speak of purgatory and hell, but only of the place of the dead. Hell is where Jesus descended, as we profess in the...

Here we have more on participation in God's plan of salvation....In her agony at the foot of the cross Mary participates in the...

So many themes come to mind with this mystery, making it a wonderful Text for meditation! The icon shows the bride and groom at the...

Looking at the icon of Jesus sitting and conversing with the Doctors of the Law, I could not stop thinking of the adult Jesus sitting...