How seldom have long talks proved to be good and fruitful? Would not many if not most of the words we use (or text to one another) be better left unspoken? We speak about the events of the world, ...
We are quickly approaching the middle of Lent! Our refrigerators have been depleted of non-fasting foods that happened to be there and are restocked with simple but satisfying foods. Our palette, ...
But for twenty-first century faithful, how does the attention Christ places on the state of our hearts inform our decisions about the most practical part of fasting – what to eat? With health food ...
When everything is going well, it is easy for us to live the Orthodox way of life. Praying is not a burden. It is easy to fast. We are generous with alms.We are not troubled by our sinful desires
Each year this Lenten trip commences with a close peek into my heart, and with a cracked and decaying mirror I assess my own spiritual condition. Sometimes this painful self-evaluation is the most ...
One of the most difficult lessons in spiritual life is taught to by those who insult and offend us. God allows and sometimes even sends individuals to us who can either lead us to heaven or hell ...
Let my readers forgive me, but I am not going to talk on the sublime, as our life is quite prosy in its day-to-day flow. And, as the commemorable Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh put it, I must preach ...
I don't know about you but when I have had a shower and I feel clean from all the sweat and grime of the day then I feel great. It is exactly the same with repentance. When I have confessed my ...
Along with the essential trio of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving, our Lenten effort, as average people, might be summed up in the words of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica, “Our life depends on the kind ...
It is important to remember that no one is saved by religion. Does that sound shocking? It is important to grasp this. We are saved by recovering the likeness of God in Christ, the process we call ...
