February 25th, 2024 Stump the Priest: Question: “How do you square Luke 13:1-5 with the idea that Hell is not experienced by all outside of the Church in the same way?” Click here for the Answer. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Word of the Week: Litany. Saints of the Day for […]

February 18th, 2024 Stump the Priest: Question: “Who can be a godparent?” Click here for the Answer. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Word of the Week: Hypakoe. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent37.pdf Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, February 18th): https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_february05b.htm […]

February 11th, 2024 Stuff from the Priest: To Judge or not to Judge. Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Word of the Week: Evlogitaria. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent36.pdf Propers for the Sunday […]

February 4th, 2024 Stuff from the Priest: Moldova Pilgrimage, Part 5. Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Word of the Week: Doxasticon. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent35.pdf Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, January 28th): https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_nmmruss_t2.htm You […]

January 28th, 2024 Stump the Priest: Question: “What are we to make of passages of Scripture in the Old Testament in which God commanded the Israelites to slaughter entire cities or tribes, including the women and children? How do we square such a vengeful God with the merciful God we find in the New Testament?” Click here […]

January 21st, 2024 Stump the Priest: Question 1: “Should a house be blessed every year?” Question 2: “What should a family do to prepare for a house blessing and what should they expect?” Click here for the Answer. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Word of the Week: Aposticha. Saints of the […]

January 14th, 2024 Stump the Priest: Question: “Is tithing a New Testament practice and a teaching in our Holy Tradition?” Click here for the Answer. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Word of the Week: Katavasia. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent32.pdf Propers […]

January 7th, 2024 Stump the Priest: Question: “I have heard it argued that the phrase in the Liturgy “A mercy of peace, a sacrifice of praise” is both nonsensical and a corruption of an earlier text. Is this correct, and if not, what does the phrase mean?” Click here for the Answer. If you have a question […]

December 31st, 2023 Stuff from the Priest: The Inerrancy of Scripture. Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Word of the Week: Ode Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent30.pdf Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, December 31st): https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_wkbfnat_december18.htm Propers […]

December 24th, 2023 Stuff from the Priest: Did St. Mark “Blunder”? Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Word of the Week: Sticheron Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent29.pdf Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, December 24th): https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_hffathers_pent29.htm You […]