Blog — Page 3 of 65 — Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Not By Heroism, Lest Anyone Should Boast

December 1, 2021December 3, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Pagans did get some things right. Salvation does mean rescue from Hades, and it does mean being seated together with the Most High God. But they were wrong when they thought you could get it by impressing the gods.

Angels are the Original Saints

November 21, 2021November 19, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

In the baptism and chrismation that we are given, and in the Eucharist with which we are strengthened and divinized, we are given all that we need in order to become members of the hosts of heaven.

To Put Right an Old Wrong

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

As Christians, we are bound up not only with God and each other but with all of humanity. It is our task to pray for one another, to honor one another, and to work to heal hurts, participating in God's work of putting things right that have gone wrong.

Asceticism, Suffering and the Justice of God

November 1, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Faithfulness to justice, to righteousness, is what it means to be Christian and what is required to stay within the kingdom of God, both in this life and into the age to come.

The Ethic of the Sons of God

October 4, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

To be the sons of God, we do the works of the Father in heaven. If we instead do the works of the devil—which are sin—then he is our father instead. And if we do the works of the Father, then we become equal to the angels, the original “sons of God” who do His works.

Why is No One Speaking Out?

October 4, 2021October 4, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Horrors are happening everywhere, all over the world. So many say: Sin is increasing. Sexual immorality is increasing. Oppression is increasing. Persecution is increasing. Heresy is increasing. Public violence is increasing. Poverty is increasing. In response is a refrain we see over and over: Why is no one speaking out?

The Sudden Influx into the Orthodox Church

September 29, 2021September 30, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

I recently asked in a couple of Orthodox clergy groups on Facebook about whether they have seen what I have seen and heard about anecdotally -- an unusual number of inquirers and catechumens showing up to the parish within the past year.

Evangelism and Death by Holiness

September 27, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Having been given this outpost of Paradise, this place where God’s holiness may be encountered with preparation, where the cherubim with the flaming sword welcome us in instead of turning us away, we are commanded to expand this Paradise into the world.