Trials Teach.
May the Lord give us all the spiritual and physical strength to survive these times. Send, O Lord, Thy mercy to every one of us....
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Serviam
- Aug 21
- 4 min
The Arena.
I spent my entire life in sickness and sorrows, but without sorrows, how can one be saved? Illness is sent by God in place of and to make...
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Serviam
- Jun 13
- 5 min
Sickness Exists Because of Sin.
Sickness exists in the world only because of sin. There would be no sickness at all, neither mental nor physical, if man had not sinned....
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Serviam
- Apr 26
- 1 min
Why Do We Get Sick?
The Church is hospital for us. Christ becomes our Doctor. His Love are the Divine Services, and participation in the Sacraments, all of...
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Serviam
- Apr 14
- 2 min
Father Forgive Them.
Great and Holy Friday 2023 "Then they delivered Him to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led Him away. And He, bearing His Cross,...
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Serviam
- Mar 31
- 3 min
Rise. Walk.
"If you will have patience in difficulties, you know the Holy Spirit is within you. If you will also have the strength to be thankful in...
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Serviam
- Mar 29
- 3 min
Deeper the Sorrow the Closer is God.
We must have our gaze fixed on heaven. Then nothing here can shake us. When tribulations come of their own accord, do not fear them. ...
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Serviam
- Mar 27
- 3 min
On Affliction, Pain and Labors.
Cling to our sweet Jesus, cry out to Him in your afflictions. Entrust to Him the care of grievous things and He will do good to you....
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Serviam
- Mar 22
- 2 min
Christ is in Our Midst!
We do not choose the time we are to be born in this world, but we do choose how we will spend our time in this world. We choose how to...
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Serviam
- Mar 15
- 4 min
All is Gift.
If sickness and suffering can, and should be spiritually transcended and transfigured in Christ, and if they can constitute an ascetic...
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Serviam
- Mar 13
- 4 min
Illness unto Salvation.
How to behave during an illness so that it would be unto salvation. Do not panic and do not lose heart during an illness or aging. What...
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Serviam
- Feb 22
- 5 min
Podvig. (the struggle...)
Any Orthodox Christian who does even the least bit of spiritual reading will come across the Slavic word “podvig.” While this word can be...
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Serviam
- 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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Serviam
- 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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Serviam
- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
Later Than You Think.
Grant that my sickness may be the means of my true repentance and amendment of my life according to Thy will, that I may spend the rest...
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Serviam
- 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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Serviam
- 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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Serviam
- 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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Serviam
- Sep 20, 2022
- 1 min
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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Serviam
- Sep 2, 2022
- 3 min
Illness and the Work of Perfection.
Even if we are bedridden, we are to continue the struggle against the passions, producing fruits worthy of repentance. This work of...
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