SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“As we look to the scriptures, with the crucified and exalted Christ as our starting point, we can, only now, recognize that the world...

“If we look inside ourselves and try to see our tendencies, we will easily notice that we already have a developed habit of condemning...

“It is of note to me that there is a great darkness associated with God in some presentations of the Christian faith, enough to drive...

“Popular ideas of heaven in the media, literature, and religious art have fortified the idea of heaven and earth as distinct locations or...

“Christ then appears through shut doors in the midst of them and tells them one thing: ‘Peace be with you.’ For these to be the first...

“Our present-day culture is often torn between the attraction of an imaginary future in which science and such overcome all illness and...

“Just as Christ deepens our understanding of the Law in spiritual terms, so Saint Paul advises us to rid ourselves of all reluctance and...

“…human minds, human reason, and human language are all inadequate for understanding God and expressing Ultimate Truth…Scripture can only...

“The comprehension of the Gospel depends neither on mental abilities, nor on philosophical sophistication, nor on any other science, but...

“In eternity, we will find what we sent there.” (Monk Pimen Vlad) “Thy will, not mine, be done” (Luke 22:42 ). This prayer releases us...