Is Piety Possible? (Part 1)
Make a firm resolution to do everything for the Lord, to receive everything from His Fatherly Hand, and make a special resolution to do...
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- Jan 18
- 3 min
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 13
- 3 min
The Secret in Illness.
The secret? To struggle to acquire the grace of God. We benefit greatly from our illnesses, as long as we endure them without complaint...
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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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- Dec 27, 2022
- 2 min
The Healer who Heals.
It is clear that healing itself, while resulting from natural processes, actually comes from God. Dr. Jean-Claude Larchet St. Theophilus...
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- Dec 23, 2022
- 2 min
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 16, 2022
- 2 min
Whoa. Woe.
1. interjection: used to express grief, regret or distress 1. noun: a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief...
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- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
I. Me. Mine. (me)
There is no greater evil than egotism. It gives birth to all temptations and troubles, and woe to whomever it entangles - it will deform...
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- Nov 22, 2022
- 2 min
God, I'm Sick.
I leave my illness in Your Holy Hands, whenever You - Who love me so much - want to heal me, I will also want it then. I only ask Your...
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- Nov 18, 2022
- 2 min
The Attentive Life.
If you wish, you can be a slave of the passions, and if you wish, you can remain free, and choose not to submit to their soul crushing...
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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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- Nov 9, 2022
- 2 min
Blessed is the Warrior.
Blessed is he, who like a courageous warrior defending heavenly treasures, preserves his soul and body without reproach in the Lord. Holy...
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- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
Hardships are Necessary.
We must be prepared to accept the will of God. The Lord permits all sorts of things to happen to us contrary to our will, for if we...
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- Nov 4, 2022
- 1 min
Light as Cork.
Everyone has a cross to carry. Elder Ephraim of Katounakia Every single person has a cross to carry. Why? Since the leader of our...
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- Oct 31, 2022
- 3 min
Do not React.
Do not resent. Do not react. Keep inner stillness. These three spiritual principles, or disciplines, are really a summation of the...
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- Oct 26, 2022
- 4 min
Pain is Here. Where is God?
Is God absent or present? Is He near at hand, or remote and withdrawn? It’s a matter of how you look at it. Archimandrite Aimilianos of...
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- Oct 14, 2022
- 6 min
Cup of Joy.
The Cup of Christ is the Cup of Joy. Temporal suffering has no importance in itself: we lend it significance because of our attachment to...
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- Oct 11, 2022
- 3 min
Blind. Deaf. Dumb. Dead.
What's the point? Why this effort? Why the aggregating? The curating? The posting? Why publish Orthodox Wisdom for all who suffer?...
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- Oct 10, 2022
- 4 min
Sickness Can Save Us.
We benefit greatly from our illnesses, as long as we endure them without complaint and glorify God, asking for His mercy. Saint...
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- Oct 9, 2022
- 2 min
The Work of Perfection.
The contemporary debate concerning physician-assisted suicide is predicated, from the traditional Christian standpoint, first, on a...
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