Deacon Kevin Bezner | The Christian Review

Prayer and Spiritual Reading That Help Crucify Your Passions During Lent

by Rev. Kevin Bezner | Mar 12, 2018 | Books, Eastern Church, Featured, Spirituality | 0 |

Together, they help us to turn away from sin and the world and turn instead toward Jesus Christ and heaven.

St. John Chrysostom Counsels St. Olympia About Her Despondency

by Rev. Kevin Bezner | Oct 11, 2017 | Bishops, Eastern Church, Faith, Featured, Saints | 0 |

Despondency, St. John Chrysostom tells her, “is a continual executioner that not only tears in pieces one’s torso but also mutilates the strength of one’s soul. It is a continuous night, darkness with no light.”

Reflective and Revealing: Pope Benedict XVI’s Last Testament – A Review

by Rev. Kevin Bezner | Dec 16, 2016 | Books, Catholic Church, Family, Featured, Popes, Theology | 3 |

What Benedict says about his successor, Pope Francis, is gracious and supportive, which is as it should be. This, it seems, is more the result of Benedict’s humility than decorum.