SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“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...

“One who determines to serve the Lord will be tested and face temptation (see 1Co 10:13). Thus, we prepare our soul for this challenge to...

“There is a natural pattern of the telos in our genetic reality. DNA is an example of a natural telos, a patterning within us that moves...

“So, attention is the central point of spiritual warfare, the focus of Christian life, the criterion and measure of salvation of the...

“God is consuming fire. When an object touches fire, it is changed: either it is burned up, or it is tempered. So too, a man, in touching...

“It would seem that we are back to the very beginning with the serpent in Eden—the first Gnostic?—whispering that God is not a good God...

“The pride of the mind is much more disastrous than the pride of the will, because the pride of the will can be observed by the mind,...

“The virtue of humility is best captured by our willingness to receive with thanksgiving those things (of whatever size) that come our...

“For in every condition of human life, there are souls that please God and have their hidden deeds wherein He takes delight. Whence it is...

“From the moment you meet and convert to Christ, your intensely difficult spiritual work begins of self-improvement, of being transformed...