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Written on May, 17, 2016 by Fr Gregory Jensen in Site News | Leave a comment

…and so is commenting So, if you’re reading this blog and find what I post here interesting, please considering using the various sharing buttons to let other people know. It would also help me if you let a comment on a post you liked or used the rating stars to give me some feedback. Thank you! In Christ, +Fr Gregory

Human Violemce

Written on Jan, 15, 2019 by Fr Gregory Jensen in Scripture | Leave a comment

St Matthew’s account of our Savior’s birth is drenched in violence.

Home to Bethlehem

Written on Dec, 19, 2018 by Fr Gregory Jensen in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The Acton Insitute’s Fr Robert Sirico has a beautiful reflection on Christmas. It is offered here in its entirety and without comment beyond my recommendation that you read it. In Christ, +Fr Gregory (Acton Institute) Although the word nostalgia can be used to express a bittersweet longing for some pleasant remembrance of one’s past, it is safe to say that …

10 Lies We Tell Ourselves: Where Do We Go From Here?

Written on Dec, 11, 2018 by Fr Gregory Jensen in Formation | Leave a comment

What does matter is that you commit to not lying, to not doing what you know to be morally wrong.

Lies We Tell Ourselves #10: “A personal relationship with Jesus is a PROTESTANT idea!”

Written on Dec, 10, 2018 by Fr Gregory Jensen in Formation | Leave a comment

Together with baptism, a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is the starting point of our life in Christ.

Lies We Tell Ourselves #9: “But my priest is my spiritual father!”

Written on Dec, 06, 2018 by Fr Gregory Jensen in Formation | Leave a comment

It’s better to think of your priest not as a spiritual father along the monastic lines but as a coach.

Lies We Tell Ourselves #8: “Well, all I really need to do is be obedient to my priest!

Written on Dec, 05, 2018 by Fr Gregory Jensen in Formation | Leave a comment

… in the hands of an inexperienced or ill-prepared priest, obedience is a recipe for great and lasting harm for the layperson, the parish and the priest himself.

Lies We Tell Ourselves #7: “But, we called to interiorized monasticism!”

Written on Dec, 04, 2018 by Fr Gregory Jensen in Formation | Leave a comment

…we corrupt families and parishes, when we make monastic life the model for our life in Christ.

Lies We Tell Ourselves #6: “Salvation is Therapeutic Not Legalistic!”

Written on Dec, 03, 2018 by Fr Gregory Jensen in Formation | Leave a comment

Orthodox Christians tend to overemphasize the therapeutic nature of salvation at the expense of our own moral and legal tradition.

Remembering God

Written on Dec, 03, 2018 by Fr Gregory Jensen in Scripture | Leave a comment

…how many of our neighbors live not such much indifferent to God as unaware of His presence in their lives? As a consequence, they never know that they are loved by the Creator of the Universe?