A Reflection on Spiritual Combat: A Commentary
This morning’s reading, which after morning prayers, is, as always, varied and across a spectrum of religious and political writings. Preoccupying my mind...
Author: Redpriest
Dr. C.C. Peckhold Twitter Quote (4/6/19, 12:29)
“It’s a strange paradox that friendships won through worldly success are more fragile than those won through shared suffering.” I don’t believe it is a pa...
The Three Ecclesiological Issues Confronting The Holy Orthodox Church
The ecclesiologyi of the Church founded by our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ is our Orthodoxy way of life. The current crisis initiated by the Ecu...
The Ladder of Divine Ascent – Step 27, The First Four Paragraphs
Step 27 On holy solitude1 of body and soul 1. We are like bought serfs under contract to unholy passions; we, therefore, know to some extent the whims, ways, wi...
The Ladder of Divine Ascent – Step 26, Paragraphs 16-20
Step 26 On discernment of thoughts, passions and virtues 16. Those engaged in education know what studies are suitable for beginners, what for the intermediate ...
Patristic Source Texts
Patristic Source Texts
Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross
Sunday of the Holy Cross Mark 8:34-9:1 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Christ is in our midst! [He is and ever shall be...
@unplannedmovie #unplanned
An 11-year-old girl watched “Unplanned” and asked Abby through tears, “How can you get past what you’ve done?” Abby’s sin seemed too great for her mind to compr...
Living the principled life . . .
“The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and h...
Act as a soldier . . .
“Let us please the Lord as soldiers please their king; because we are required to give an exact account of our service after the campaign.” St John of the Ladde...