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Very truly, I tell you…the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. Jn 6:33 Our family is considering another attempt to travel to Armenia this Summer, and the one thing we are dreading is the 24 hours of planes and layovers. Daddy my shoe fell off. Momma,…
‘It is I; do not be afraid.’ –Jn 6:20 There is a parable from the ancient East about a deadly disease that meets up with a large family travelling by caravan to Baghdad. ‘Why are you travelling to Baghdad?’ asked the family elder. ‘To take five thousand lives,’ said the disease. On the way back, they…
“We have been filled, with your good things, O Lord, by tasting of your Body and Blood. Glory in the highest to you who sustain us.” My uncle Joe Sarkisian passed away last year, after a long life. He was the brother of my grandfather and my favorite great uncle. He taught us to play…
“Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all…” Mk 12:43 This week I was surprised to see two thick Pinellas County voting ballots in our mail. Those of you who live in Pinellas have surely received your ballots also. What are we voting for now? Well, a few precincts will…
“No one finds security by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.” -Prov. 12:3 I am reading a book called Boomerang by Michael Lewis, he is the financial journalist who wrote the Big Short and Moneyball. A common theme that comes up in his books are that the security of financial systems are…
THE EASTER MESSAGE OF ARCHBISHOP KHAJAG BARSAMIAN -Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America Peter was sitting in the outdoor courtyard when a maid came up to him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean.” But he denied it before everyone, saying, “I don’t know what you mean.” ……
… He inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born. “In Bethlehem of Judea,” they told him; “for so it has been written by the prophet: ‘And you, O Bethlehem, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah. For from you shall come a ruler who is to shepherd my people…