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Eat The Scroll
by Mike Katalenich
Small digestable meditations on the Scriptures in the Orthodox tradition.
Episodes
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Mar 5 You Did Not Do It To Me
We are obligated, not just encouraged, to care for the poor ourselves.
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Mar 4 Everlasting Fire
Hell is real, and it awaits those who freely choose it.
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Mar 3 You Did It To Me
Christ identifies himself with us and with our neighbors. Act accordingly.
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Mar 2 Works of Mercy
What is the expected behavior of the citizens of the Kingdom?
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Mar 1 Inherit the Kingdom
Heaven is the reward given to those who belong to God.
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Feb 28 Sheep and Goats
In the last days there will be an eternal separation.
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Feb 27 The Just Judge
It is important to know who Christ is.
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Feb 26 Part of the Family
God says to us, "All that is mine is your, even the things you don't want." We must learn to love like God.
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Feb 25 Signs of Unity
The father does three things to reconcile his son to himself; God offers us the same.
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Feb 24 A Great Way Off
God's love for us is ever ready to pour out, even when we are a great way off.
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Feb 23 What Did You Go Out to See?
A day early, we are looking at the reading for the Feast of the Finding of the Head of John the Baptist.
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Feb 22 He Came to Himself
Who am I? This question, once answered, unlocks the path to understanding our relationship to God and neighbor.
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Feb 21 Living as Animals
Though we are both spirit and body, we often live simply as animals and need to cultivate a desire for higher and spiritual things.
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Feb 20 Give Me My Inheritance
How often do we live as though there were no God? And how can we reorient our lives to repent of this?
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Feb 19 Let the Little Children Come to Me
Childlike humility will allow us to receive the kingdom because it allows us to receive the grace and mercy of God.
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Feb 18 He Who Exalts Himself
Take the lowest place so that when the master of the feast sees you, he may ask, "Did you not know that a higher place has been set for you? Come, take your rightful place at my side."
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Feb 17 The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
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Feb 16 Standing Afar Off
God is near to those who stand afar off. If we want God to be near us, let us too go and stand afar off.
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Feb 15 I Fast Twice a Week
Fasting does not earn us Heaven. No action of ours earns us Heaven. Only the mercy of God can make us heavenly beings.
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Feb 14 Like Other Men
You are not the exception; you are not the sinless one. You, like others, need the mercy of God. Rejoice in that.
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Feb 13 He Prayed with Himself
We make ourselves into pathetic gods; let us rather exalt the True God.
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Feb 12 To Save What Was Lost
When we acknowledge our need for a Savior, then we can receive that Savior.
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Feb 11 Son of Abraham
Our works reveal our true nature.
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Feb 10 I Restore Fourfold
God's mercy prompts in us an outpouring of mercy by synergy.
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Feb 9 They All Complained
Avoid spiritual envy like the Devil.
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Feb 8 Today I Must Stay at Your House
God's response to our willingness is the Divine indwelling.
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Feb 7 Christ Looked Up and Saw Him
How does the relationship between God's promptings and our reponses work?
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Feb 6 Short in Stature
How do we overcome being spiritually short in stature?
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Feb 5 Teaching the Commandments
Our actions, from start to finish, are meant to bring about the salvation of the entire world.
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Feb 4 Doing the Commandments
How do our good works interact with our salvation?
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Feb 3 Jots and Tittles
Let the Holy Spirit permeate every nook and cranny of your life.
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Feb 2 The Meeting of Our Lord in the Temple
Simeon and Anna become for us models of how to receive Christ.
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Feb 1 I Did Not Come to Destroy
How do we live out the fulfilment of the Old Law as members under the New Law?
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Jan 31 Let Your Light Shine
How do we live out the reality of being created in the image of God?
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Jan 30 You Are the Light of the World
You were created in the image of God, and tha tmeans something.
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Jan 29 Preparing to Prepare
In a few days we will begin the preparatory weeks for Great and Holy Lent. What are you going to be like when Pascha rolls around? And what can you start doing now to prepare for that?
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Jan 28 Praise Where Praise Is Due
Give praise to God in all things! Thank God that he cares for us and rejoice in the victories that he is winning in your life!
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Jan 27 Your Faith Has Made You Well
What is faith? Is it just believing the right things? How do we live out our faith?
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Jan 26 What Do You Want?
Do we want the right things? Do we actually desire Christ?
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Jan 25 Keep Running
If you desire Christ, don't let anyone or anything hold you back.
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Jan 24 The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. How do we keep our minds and hearts focused on Christ?
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Jan 23 Have You Given Up Everything?
How much are you willing to give up for Christ?
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Jan 22 Impossible with Men, Possible with God
What do we mean when we say that salvation is a free gift from God?
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Jan 21 Who Can Be Saved?
There is a right humility in recognizing that we are not capable of achieving salvation on our own.
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Jan 20 Easier for a Camel
We need to take our wealth seriously and remember that we are not the ultimate owners of our property; we are stewards of God's property.
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Jan 19 You Lack One Thing
The Heavenly life, the Christian life, is far more than just moral perfection, far more than just being a good person.
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Jan 18 Follow the Commandments
You already know what you need to be doing; do it.
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Jan 17 No One Is Good but God
What kind of being do we need to become in order to enter Heaven?
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Jan 16 Asking the Right Questions
Are we asking the right questions to grow in our faith?
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Jan 15 Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand
How do we live our lives so as to receive the free gift of God's grace?
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Small digestable meditations on the Scriptures in the Orthodox tradition.
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Mike Katalenich
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