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
- Apr 24
- 6 min
Radonitsa - Day of Rejoicing!
I greet you in these bright days of Pascha, with the ever-fragrant newness of the greeting rich with the truth of the Divine energy of...
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Serviam
- Apr 5
- 3 min
Loving Union with God.
First of all it must be understood that it is the duty of all Christians - especially of those whose calling dedicates them to the...
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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 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 7
- 2 min
Unanswered Prayers.
Thank God for them. For - all is gift - especially unanswered prayers, because the Lord is an omniscient giver of gifts. Whether or not...
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Serviam
- Feb 20
- 1 min
A Prepper's Check List.
Freeze dried food, check. Extra batteries, check. Water, check. Gun, Bullets, check, check. Let's see, "What else are we...
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Serviam
- Feb 17
- 6 min
How Should we Eat?
How should we conduct ourselves during meals? Never begin lunch or dinner, or finish them, without fervent prayer to the Lord God as,...
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Serviam
- Feb 1
- 6 min
All I Can Do Now Is Pray.
How many times have we heard this from others and also said it ourselves? It is true: All we can do is pray - but that is not how this...
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Serviam
- Jan 20
- 3 min
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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Serviam
- Jan 9
- 1 min
Shine. Shine. O New Jerusalem.
The most perfect prayer. "...through the Cross Joy has come to all the World..." It is the privilege of the Orthodox Deacon to pray this...
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Serviam
- Dec 31, 2022
- 2 min
The Luminous Eye.
The inner eye of the mind, or of the soul, functions by means of faith, in much the same way that the exterior, physical, eyes function...
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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 28, 2022
- 2 min
Life Passes Quickly.
The days pass and fly away. The hours run without stopping. In the headlong rush of time the world nears its end. Ephraim the Syrian...
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Serviam
- 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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Serviam
- Aug 31, 2022
- 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 15, 2022
- 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 7, 2022
- 3 min
Prayers of Thanksgiving, Protection, Deliverance
Almighty God, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, come to my help and deliver me from this difficulty that besets me. I believe...
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Serviam
- Jul 5, 2022
- 3 min
Orthodox Prayers in Time of Sickness
O Lord, visit me in my suffering, and grant me grace and strength to bear this sickness with which I am afflicted, with Christian...
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Serviam
- Jun 8, 2022
- 2 min
The Blessing of Being Sick.
Illness, then, is only evil in appearance. It can even constitute a blessing for man, in the sense that, if one uses it appropriately,...
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