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Papamike's Ponderingspapamike wrote 1 day ago: For your Advent listening pleasure… <grin> … more →
papamike wrote 1 week ago: A priest friend of mine, known for sending strange and humourous items my way, sent the following … more →
papamike wrote 2 weeks ago: Redeemer of the nations, come, That we may taste the Virgin’s fruit And every age in wonder gaze On … more →
papamike wrote 2 weeks ago: Among the many types of saints, there is one particular kind of saint that intrigues me. A fool-for- … more →
papamike wrote 2 weeks ago: I have finally arrived home after what seems to be a day of comedy of errors and pain. I had an earl … more →
papamike wrote 2 weeks ago: In the homily at the Eucharistic Celebration culminating World Youth Day 2000, the Holy Father, Pope … more →
papamike wrote 3 weeks ago: As any pastor will tell you, for the Great Feast of Feasts (Pascha) and Christmas, there is usually … more →
papamike wrote 3 weeks ago: I have watched every James Bond movie ever made—even the latest, Quantum of Solace. Some of the turn … more →
papamike wrote 4 weeks ago: It has been much too long since I have posted to this blog. Well, stay tuned as I will be adding som … more →
papamike wrote 4 months ago: In Winter of 2004, I followed a graduate course on Eastern Christian Hermeneutics and Exegesis in th … more →
papamike wrote 4 months ago: By St. Nicholas Velimirovich In 1941, with the German occupation of Yugoslavia, Bishop Nikolai, toge … more →
papamike wrote 4 months ago: The Didache ca 120 AD “Thou shalt not murder a child by abortion.” 2:2 “The Way of Death is filled w … more →
papamike wrote 5 months ago: I have been a fan of America’s Got Talent since its inception. It is a very entertaining show. … more →
papamike wrote 5 months ago: I just came back from a wonderful evening with my friends, Roman and Stephanie (and their little one … more →
papamike wrote 5 months ago: With thanks to orrologion: The Athonite monk was walking along and was greeted by a young Greek man … more →
papamike wrote 5 months ago: Jean Kim-Butcher, a wonderful woman, mother of six, and and wife to Brian (he and I were graduate st … more →
papamike wrote 6 months ago: The following is from the Monastery at Chevetogne in Belgium. It is a Benedictine Monastery and full … more →
papamike wrote 6 months ago: I went to visit my Baba today (for those of my friends unfamiliar with the Ukrainian language, Baba … more →
papamike wrote 6 months ago: My surprise was understandable when the Archbishop asked me to take up the ministry of Rector of Hol … more →