Author Archives: Fr. John Laffoon

For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 2…

What a sight is this—the Maker of heaven and earth with parched lips! The Lord of glory in need of a drink! The Beloved of the Father crying, “I thirst!”[1] …

Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, through there are no…

Who has learned your counsel, unless you have given wisdom and sent your holy spirit from on high? And thus the paths of those on earth were set right, and…

  You who are young, be happy while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things…