Saint Menas, the Athlete who Resisted by Metropolitan Seraphim of Kastoria (Edited) Saints When St, John Chrysostom spoke of the saints of our Church and their living presence among us night and day, he also said: “The death of the martyrs is a consolation of the faithful, a boast of the churches, an establishment of…
“Facts are stubborn things,” John Adams once said, “and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictums of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” Reality is stubborn and will not recede despite one’s delusions.
“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.”
Where there is no fear there is no need for defensiveness. Judgment relies on fear. So does hate. Hate is wedded to and attached to grudges. A person filled with anger, hate, or a grudge won’t let go of their anger. When that occurs, you will always be stuck in the past. Always. Only the…
Words from the service for the burial of priests. Why these bitter words of the dying, O brethren, which they utter as they go hence? I am parted from my brethren. All my friends do I abandon, and go hence. But whither I go, that understand I not, neither what shall become of me yonder;…
If everyone is woke, then no one is awake. Being woke is a consequence of anger–a thin veneer of a deeper problem. Being woke is cast as being righteous when it’s real danger is becoming self-righteous and destructive to self and all around. “It’s only a thin veneer for what’s brewing below, and you have…
Stand Fast, and Hold The Traditions Which You Have Been Taught
The Mystery of Integrity: An Overview (and here) The Holy Mystery of Integrity: A Mere Footnote to History (and here)
The king of Babylon sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezeki’ah; for he heard that Hezeki’ah had been sick. And Hezeki’ah welcomed them, and he showed them all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his armory, all that was found in his storehouses; there was nothing in…
Regarding the following paper: Our World At War: Part II – Darkness At Noon . . . I was asked a question about this paragraph: “All of the above is reinforced by a priest who has, in response to parishioner queries said, “This is a problem for the priests, not the laity.” It should have…