A Battle of Wills.
My will. Your will. God's Will. In general, do not become irritated when anything is not done in accordance with your will, but learn...
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- Jan 11
- 7 min
Wounded by Love.
I feel illness as the love of Christ. I often say to Him: ‘My Christ, Your love knows no limits!’ How I am alive is a miracle. (Offered...
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- Jan 6
- 2 min
Wings of Faith.
When over the gloomy and deep abyss of grief, sorrows suddenly open before us - carry on up - on the wings of faith! Saint Ignatius...
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- Jan 4
- 1 min
Ever Present Help.
Immanuel. God is with us. Wonderful Counselor. Lord of Life. Lord of All. Prince of Peace. Mighty God - Immanuel. St. Afanasy...
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- Dec 28, 2022
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Death My Friend.
Terrible is the approach of death to people who are passionate, sinful and weak, who have not tried to live blamelessly in this vain...
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- Dec 23, 2022
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Making Sense of Suffering.
Suffering is an indication of another Kingdom which we look to. If being Christian meant being “happy” in this life, we wouldn’t need...
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- Dec 15, 2022
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Memento mori.
Remember, O man, that thou art dust. And unto dust shalt thou return. Riches do not remain. Glory does not accompany one to the other...
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- Nov 12, 2022
- 2 min
"Now what?"
Now is the time. Let your Light shine. I reflected upon the day my life will end and I groaned when I saw the multitude of my...
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- Oct 24, 2022
- 1 min
Anti-Anxiety.
The answer to our anxiety is not drugs, alcohol, tranquilizers or psychiatric treatment. The anxieties of modern life are only symptoms...
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- Sep 20, 2022
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The Death of Fear.
Be at peace. Put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations. Do not look forward in fear to those changes and struggles in life, rather...
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- Aug 31, 2022
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God is Not Vindictive.
Another reason why human suffering is a mystery to an unbeliever is because his very idea of God is false. Father Seraphim (Rose) Modern...
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- Aug 19, 2022
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Candles Disperse Darkness.
One such candle was Romanian priest Fr. George Calciu. He and his family lived quietly until the communist government renewed its...
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- Aug 17, 2022
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Immortal Medicine.
In the Eucharist, the baptized person receives Christ Who, in His Body and Blood, gives Himself entirely, not just as man, but also as...
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- Aug 5, 2022
- 3 min
Suffering as Gift.
But suffering, as the crowning of a man bearing his cross, gives birth in his heart to great Divine joy. As a mother grieves during the...
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- Aug 3, 2022
- 3 min
Have You Seen Incense?
No one knows about it while it’s lying in the drawer. No one cares. But if you purposely place it on a red hot glowing coal, it fills the...
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- Aug 1, 2022
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Salvation through Suffering.
Not in flowers and gold, not in silver and precious stones is found the value of the Cross, but in the wounds of the Lord and His Most...
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- Jul 29, 2022
- 2 min
What is Death?
It is the age with which our true life begins. A man should not despair, no matter how great his sins, for a man is not saved by his good...
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- May 27, 2022
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The Purpose of Illness.
"Earthly life—this brief period—is given to man by the mercy of the Creator in order that man may use it for his salvation, that is, for...
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- May 25, 2022
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The Theology of Illness.
There is no one, who in the course of a lifetime, has not had to face some form of illness. It's not 'if' we get sick, but rather 'when'....
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