On Prayer…
The key to a Christian conception of studies is the realization that prayer consists of attention. It is the orientation of all the attention of which the soul ...
Brief thoughts for spiritual reflection and edification
The key to a Christian conception of studies is the realization that prayer consists of attention. It is the orientation of all the attention of which the soul ...
One day Abba Arsenius consulted an old Egyptian monk about his own thoughts. Someone noticed this and said to him, “Abba Arsenius, how is it that you with...
To pray unceasingly is to engage in unceasing warfare.
O Virgin Pure by St. Nectarios Plagal First Tone (Tone 5) Refrain: Rejoice, O Bride Unwedded! O Virgin pure, immaculate/ O Lady Theotokos O Virgin Mother, Queen...
Each one of us has a “Galilee Moment” – that moment when we are called by the Christ to follow Him [Mk 1.17] or that moment of re-assurance th...
For he (Athanasius) was the son of an aristocratic woman, a worshiper of idols, who was very rich; and he was an orphan on the father’s side. So when he g...
If God is absent, Man becomes an object before science. Man then becomes a number, an experiment, a test wherein he may be discarded on a whim. Man is, then, a ...
“Human love anticipates divine love, while divine love perfects human love.”
Why is the Name of God important? Without a Name, how can we call on Him; how can we have a relationship with Him; how can we experience Him? Names give identit...
An elder said, “Strife delivers a man to anger, anger to blindness, and blindness makes him work all manner of evil.”