http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2008/10/06/338/ McKinney TX Homilies, scripture commentary, spiritual reflections Tue, 14 May 2013 00:17:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2008/10/06/338/comment-page-1/#comment-554 Maria Janine Taylor Bryant Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:58:39 +0000 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/?p=338#comment-554 The way this passage and pericope lays claim to my senses is in the aspect of our Orthodox faith is the living out of our Chrismation. A priest from my youth once remarked that Holy Chrismation is like a Rite of Ordination into the priesthood of the Body of Christ--that is--just as we have Priests who minister to us the Holy Mysteries, so the Chrismated are priests who, by their behaviour and example minister the living presence of Christ God to the world outside the church within which we work and live. Except for Monastics, we spend more time with the unchurched than with the Church....so....unless our faith goes beyond the dome, unless we take the living Christ with us to the world who so desperately is in need, then in a sense, we are burying our talent in the ground. To come to church is minimal---but we must do the other also, we must live as Orthodox Christians 100 percent of the time and not be afraid to take the risk of sharing it with others. We should not keep it to ourselves! Let our light so shine! The way this passage and pericope lays claim to my senses is in the aspect of our Orthodox faith is the living out of our Chrismation. A priest from my youth once remarked that Holy Chrismation is like a Rite of Ordination into the priesthood of the Body of Christ–that is–just as we have Priests who minister to us the Holy Mysteries, so the Chrismated are priests who, by their behaviour and example minister the living presence of Christ God to the world outside the church within which we work and live. Except for Monastics, we spend more time with the unchurched than with the Church….so….unless our faith goes beyond the dome, unless we take the living Christ with us to the world who so desperately is in need, then in a sense, we are burying our talent in the ground. To come to church is minimal—but we must do the other also, we must live as Orthodox Christians 100 percent of the time and not be afraid to take the risk of sharing it with others. We should not keep it to ourselves! Let our light so shine!

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