Scripture Archives — Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

The Lamp of the Body

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

If we sit depressed and are anxious over all the things that depress us, that anger us, that cause us to despair, then we become more like those thoughts. But if we orient our spiritual sight toward what is holy and good, then the evil thoughts being suggested by the demons will have no place in us to take root and grow.

Justice is Coming

May 29, 2022May 27, 2022 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Justice is indeed coming, the very justice of God. This justice will wipe away every shred of demonic rule and influence from creation and set everything right. The cries for justice of those who have been crushed beneath the heels of the powerful and the violent have been heard by God, and they will be vindicated.

Sin, Holiness and Human Nature

May 15, 2022May 13, 2022 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

The Christian life is not easy, but it actually is simple. When we clearly understand what sin and holiness are, then our choice to turn away from sin and be holy becomes clear, too.

The City Which is to Come

January 31, 2022 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

We don’t get caught up in the endless controversies and pursuits of this world. Let such dead ways of living bury themselves, because death is their aim. Here we have no lasting city. We seek the City which is to come.

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.

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.