FrAntonios Kaldas

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Egypt Rejoices, But What Comes Next?

February 12, 2011 - 6:39 am

Posted in Contemporary Issues, Society | No comments

 
This is an historic moment. A few hours ago, President Hosni Mubarak resigned after thirtyyears of apparently untouchable rule. He took what was perhaps his last opportunity to depart with dignity. No one can deny that he has done much that is good for his people over the decades, regardless of the damage that he also [...]

Open Your Heart!

February 8, 2011 - 7:35 am

Posted in Spirituality | No comments

 
Open your heart to God.
When you come to pray, do not hide in words of rote. Do not think that He will be impressed by mountains of words, whether they are your own or those of saints. He sees all and knows all. Do not hide in the false security of ‘duty’, nor imagine that [...]

Egypt in Crisis.

February 4, 2011 - 9:23 am

Posted in Contemporary Issues, Society | 7 comments

 
As Egypt broils with turmoil, we in Australia watch and wait and pray. Here are a couple of interesting items that have come my way:
This picture warms my heart! It was apparently taken on February 2 in Heliopolis, Cairo. Two Coptic priests are seen marching with the protestors for change in Egypt, and one of [...]

The Many Masks of Pride

January 26, 2011 - 8:31 am

Posted in Society, Spirituality | 3 comments

 The sin of pride is considered a little old fashioned in today’s western world. Society virtually celebrates the boasting and hubris of the successful, finding in it an appropriate expression of the value of winning.
 But the genuinely Christian attitude to pride is of course very different.
 The interesting thing about pride is that it can don [...]

Reflections on a Rally

January 21, 2011 - 6:33 am

Posted in Contemporary Issues, Ecumenism, Society | No comments

 
 
 
 
 
 
It’s nice to be home after a long trip overseas.
Yesterday I with many others attended the rally at Martin Place organized by the Australian Coptic Movement. The rain did nothing to dampen the spirit of all those present, nor the fire in the belllies of the speakers. It is always interesting to come home and [...]

Free Will?

November 15, 2010 - 9:19 pm

Posted in Philosophy, Science, Spirituality, Theology | No comments

 
Or: “Did the Devil Really Make You Do It?”
 One of the (many) things I find very confusing in life is the question of Free Will. I have yet to find a satisfying explanation for how free will works. On what basis does a person make his or her choices? And if one’s choices are determined [...]

Fanatical Drive Against Copts

November 3, 2010 - 11:00 am

Posted in Contemporary Issues, Society | 4 comments

Things have escalated rather rapidly.
It seems that the Iraqi branch of Al Qaeda has taken it personally that two wives of Coptic priests who allegedly converted to Islam have been ‘kidnapped’ by the Church, and have called for their immediate release. If not, they say, prepare to face some serious consequences. They have called on [...]

Persecution, New and Old

October 25, 2010 - 12:23 am

Posted in Contemporary Issues, History | 2 comments

Having enjoyed tremendously The Early Coptic Papacy: The Egyptian Church and Its Leadership in Late Antiquity (Popes of Egypt) by Stephen J. Davis, I was quite excited when I learned that Volume 2 had been published. Entitled The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt: The Popes of Egypt: A History of the Coptic Church and Its [...]

God of my Silence

October 10, 2010 - 10:31 pm

Posted in A Priest's Perspective, Spirituality | 2 comments

   
 “Silence your lips that your heart may speak…
Silence your heart that God may speak…”
- The Spiritual Elder
 
How I miss the silence.
 
It was pleasant sunny winter’s day in ancient Wadi Natroun, the ancient desert abode of the Christian monks of Egypt. I was a newly ordained priest halfway through my 40 day retreat before returning to [...]

Lettermania (pedantitis)

October 6, 2010 - 10:41 am

Posted in Spirituality | 1 comment

Today, an entry from a book in preparation: the Textbook of Spiritual Diseases. The introduction to the book includes the following warning:
“This book is intended more for self-diagnosis than for diagnosing others. Failure to keep this mind when using it may result in serious spiritual harm.”
 
Lettermania (pedantitis)
An inflammatory case of hypocritical pedantry. Hence, ‘pedantitis’ from [...]

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