When Man No Longer Fears God . . .
Wisdom has built her house, she has set up her seven pillars. / She has slaughtered her beasts, she has mixed her wine, she has also set her table. / She has se...
Author: Redpriest
The Ladder of Divine Ascent – Step 18, The Last Paragraph
6. I was astounded at the words of this raving creature and asked her about her father, wishing to know her name, and she said; ‘I have no single parentage; my ...
Medicine for Condemnation
Let’s look at the 45th chapter of the work of St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain, Unseen Warfare, which speaks of condemning others. Condemnation is a very plea...
The Ladder of Divine Ascent – Step 18, The First Four Paragraphs
Step 18 On insensibility, that is, deadening of the soul and the death of the mind before the death of the body. 1. Insensibility both in the body and in the sp...
The Ladder of Divine Ascent – Step 17, The First Four Paragraphs
1. Poverty is the resignation of cares, life without anxiety, an unencumbered traveller, alienation from sorrow, fidelity to the commandments. 2. A poor monk is...
The Shepherd of Hermas
“The world was created for the sake of the Church.”
Today’s culture wars . . .
Today’s culture wars are framed as a contest between Left & Right, but it’s about epistemology more than politics. On one side we have those who...
A Reflection on the Pharisee and the Publican
The parable of the publican and the Pharisee is Christ’s call to think and to uproot the Pharisaism that lives in each of us. The Church hastens to our ai...
Gospel Homily: Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
I would like to thank all parishioners, visitors, and friends for joining us today. Christ is in our midst! [He is and ever shall be!] Glory to the Father, and ...
In the Consubstantial, Undivided Holy Trinity . . .
“In the consubstantial, undivided Holy Trinity, there are three distinct ‘aspects’ of Being: The Hypostasis (Person), the Essence (Nature), and the Energy (Act)...