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...
Serviam
- Aug 31
- 4 min
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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Serviam
- Aug 17
- 2 min
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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Serviam
- Aug 15
- 5 min
He (still) Makes House Calls.
Christ visits us. He is with us. He is in us. He heals us. We pray in the Trisagion prayers, “Holy One visit and heal our infirmities...
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Serviam
- Jul 27
- 3 min
Grace and Medicines are Necessary.
I am just a poor ascetic, who has grown old in the wilderness, and I wanted to heal only through faith. But I, too, am learning that...
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Serviam
- Jun 27
- 2 min
Holy Unction.
The great public prayer of the Church for those who are ill is the Service of Holy Unction. This Service, is long and exceedingly rich in...
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Serviam
- Jun 13
- 1 min
In Brevity is Beauty.
Within our culture of noise 24/7 - a paradox occurs. Counterintuitively what garners the most impact is not who is the loudest, or talks...
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Serviam
- May 25
- 3 min
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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Serviam
- May 18
- 2 min
Holy Orthodoxy on Modern Medicine.
When St. Basil the Great was asked if going to a doctor and taking medicine were in keeping with ways of piety, he replied: Saint Basil...
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