Grant forgiveness, O Lord, send also strength. Convert me, that I might live in sanctity, according to Thy holy will....
By St. Peter of Damascus Even if you are not what you should be, you should not despair. It is...
By Scott Cairns How can one believe in a loving God who allows the innocent to suffer? I’ve been asked...
No matter where I have been – in solitude or in human society – light and consolation pour forth into...
By William Gurnall One type of spiritual pride that grows like tares among wheat and which Satan uses to assault...
“Satan can only deceive he cannot pluck us out of the hand of God” Deceive – to mislead by a false...
“Whose voice is that rattling in your brain?” The following words of St. Silouan are fairly straightforward. God give us...
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh We are keeping today the Resurrection of Christ which is the victory of God over death...
by Rick Burns We would think that this would be an easy question to answer … but if we ask...
Be honest about it. Deep down inside, you really do see yourself as morally superior to the average person. It...
The following represents the teaching of the Church from the second century through to the fifth century…. Note that...
When pride affects the soul of a religious person, then the latter becomes bold enough to act as a judge...
St. Paisius Velichkovsky When this happens, occupy the mind with the thought of death. Come mentally to the grave; behold...
Again we pray for the children of God condemned to death by the unjust judgement of men: that the Lord...
Hiermonk Benedict of Holy Mount Athos Continued from (3) 12. Results of the thoughts. When the thought ages inside us,...
Hiermonk Benedict of Holy Mount Athos Continued from (2) 9. Blasphemous thoughts. In following, they attempt to infect the holy...
Hiermonk Benedict of Holy Mount Athos Continuation from (1) 3. The journey towards the world of sin. Externally, the act...
Hiermonk Benedict of Holy Mount Athos Preface Among the problems which man must confront at his moments of prayer, are...
The Holy Spirit is present unconditionally in all things, in that He embraces all things, provides for all, and vivifies...
I have written often on the subject of “personhood,” drawing to a large extent on the writings of the Elder...
