Prayer
“Mankind is carried away by other aspirations and goals, created for its own detriment and ruin. There are people who don’t pray at all, who don’t feel the need for it, who don’t understand the point of praying and don’t believe in the possibility of being heard by God; and many people do pray, but rarely and always reluctantly, with compulsion and difficulty. Thus, there are very few people who live by fervent, strong, sincere, noetic, and unceasing prayer, according to the
Busyness
“The waves of change in our society threaten to make our sea legs wobble as we are buffeted from all sides with moral chaos, antisocial...
Knowing God
“Every human being who comes into this world is unique, and all are given the opportunity to know God.” (Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica) “We...
Sorrow
“Even among those of us who call ourselves Christians, the concept of godly sorrow (2 Cor 7:10) is not well understood. How easy it is to...
Holy Spirit
“If we try to describe our perception and experience of the Holy Spirit, we will quickly realize that human words are not enough for...
Church
“Attending church is not the same as being united to the Church. Salvation is not granted by presence in a building, but by synergy—the...
God's Nature/Our Nature
“It is very interesting that…it is only when God “empties himself” for the life of the world, that He actually takes on being. Before...
Secularism
“The great tragedy of secularism is its reduction of all things to mere things. We are created to have right relationships with all...
God's Love
“In shame, the only thing we accept is our failure and the idea that we deserve perpetual punishment….The shame we are speaking of is a...
Holiness
“One of the most encouraging lines of the Divine Liturgy comes shortly before Holy Communion, when the priest says “The Holy Gifts for...