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...

“To avoid being a stumbling block to anyone, we need to learn meekness and humility. ‘But whosoever will be great among you, let him be...

“One of my students came to seminary when he was already middle-aged, after considerable success in the world. This student was later...

“Life itself is a form of ascesis. People just don’t recognize it, and lose heart.”…The fact [life], is ascetic in nature means it...

“A story is told of the final temptation of Christ. Satan had been trying to tempt Jesus to sin, to compromise, to abandon His divine...

“Our Lord knows His people, and as a word of encouragement He tries to comfort us. He says “Therefore, I tell you, do not be anxious...

“Eve and Adam decide the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is more desirable than their relationship to God. God told...

“...mere outward confession of sin is not what God desires, but an inward change of heart.” (Orthodox Study Bible, 1 Kingdoms 15:24-26)...

“To know the world in such a way that one can touch the surface but also reach through the outer facets to the love that pulses in all...