Speaking/Talking
“The Gospel mentions several points when it was demanded of the Lord to give an immediate answer, but He remained silent: And when He was...
World
“From a world held hostage by the idea that the quantifiably big, the numerically great, and the visibly expansive accurately describe...
Asceticism
“There is a kind of moral person with a passion for cleanliness, who runs to confession because for him any little spot is unbearable,...
Gifts and Talents
“It’s impossible to harvest the fields with a shovel, or to hammer with a sickle, or to build with a knife, or to dig with a saw… but...
Falling Down and Getting Up
“…there’s no reason to be depressed by your shortcomings or discouraged when you fall. Repentance as a lifestyle doesn’t mean that you...
Distraction
“…we are always blessed when we urgently serve the Lord, for He is our true life. He is able to draw us out of the slough of secular...
Dangerous Pride
“The term translated as “pride” in Orthodox Tradition is the Greek philautia—literally, “love of self.” It does not mean a proper concern...
Fear
“Our Lord Jesus Christ warned us that we will hear all kinds of bad news from around the world, and Christianity may go into decline. Far...
Obedience (and Stillness)
“As Holy Scripture records, “Noah did according to all the Lord God commanded him” (Gn 6:22), never uttering a word of reply to God....
Fasting
“The Genesis narrative shows that the relationship between Man and God is not primarily an intellectual one (the contemplative raising of...