"The DaVinci Code"

In my limited observation, the "novel" and upcoming motion picture isn't attracting the attention among Orthodox that it is among Catholics and Protestants. But here's a comprehensive Catholic debunking that finds many historical, and not just theological, errors in the supposedly well-researched book.

Words, Words, Words

One of my first impressions of the Divine Liturgy is that it's full of words, even more than the Catholic Mass. But I was advised to just let them roll right over me, and not worry too much about them right way. This was hard for me to do, but good advice.

OrthoPRAXIS

'The other half of Orthodoxy,' for the Sunday of the Last Judgment/Meatfare Sunday, which was yesterday.

"The Man's Prayer"

From The Red Green Show:

I'm a man

But I can change

If I have to

I guess.

Saint from Another Day: January 25, Gregory the Theologian (Nazianzen)

(Technically St. Gregory Nazianzen is the father of St. Gregory the Theologian, but the Theologian is better known in the West as Nazianzen.)

From Day by Day with the Early Church Fathers, p. 208:

Even fearful things are useful and very valuable to the wise. For although we pray that they wouldn't happen, when they do they instruct us. The afflicted soul, as Peter says, is near to God. Those who escape danger are brought closer to the One who preserved them. So then, don't be frustrated that we had to struggle, but give thanks that we were saved. Don't be one thing to God in the time of peril and another when the danger is over. Instead, resolve to follow the One who preserved you whether you are at home or away, in private life or in public office. Attach yourself to His side and don't think much of earth's little concerns. Let those who come after us, tell our story not only for our glory and the benefit of our soul, but as a very useful lesson to everyone else - that danger is better than security and misfortune is preferable to success. For if we belonged to the world before our fears, after them we belong to God.