February 16th, 2020 Stump the Priest: Question: “Does a fast begin and end at the time of Vespers, or at midnight?” Click here for the Answer. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/triod2.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which […]

February 9th, 2020    Stuff from the Priest: Sermons on Psalm 118[119] Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/triod1.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free to download): http://get.adobe.com/reader/ Propers for the Sunday […]

February 2nd, 2020 Stump the Priest: Question: “The text of the King James Version for 2 Thessalonians 1:9 is: “Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.” The Revised Standard Version, on the other hand, reads: “They shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction […]

January 26th, 2020    Stuff from the Priest: “Review: Two Contemporary Translations of the Septuagint” Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent32.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free to download): http://get.adobe.com/reader/ Propers […]

January 19th, 2020    Stuff from the Priest: “An Anonymous “Open Letter” against Fr. Josiah Trenham” Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent31.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free to download): http://get.adobe.com/reader/ […]

January 12th, 2020    Stuff from the Priest: “The Antiochians Don’t Disappoint (The Fr. Aaron Warwick Affair)” Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent30.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free to download): […]

January 5th, 2020    Stump the Priest: “Some have argued that the verses in Proverbs regarding corporal punishment are referring to the punishment of adults and not to children. Can you clarify?” Click here for the Answer. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, […]

December 29th, 2019    Stump the Priest: “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 you […]

December 22nd, 2019    Stuff from the Priest: David Bentley Hart and Marcionism Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent27.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free to download): http://get.adobe.com/reader/ Propers for the […]

December 15th, 2019    Stump the Priest: Question: “What is the appropriate way for laypeople to use incense in prayer?” Click here for the Answer. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent26.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free […]