Serviam3 days ago2 minHoly 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...
ServiamJun 224 minAntidote for Anxiety. (part one)How are you to know if you are living according to the will of God? He who lives according to God's will has no cares. The soul given...
ServiamJun 62 minLeave it All to God. Say, "My God, I leave my illness in Your holy Hands, and whenever You - Who love me so much - want to heal me, I will also want it then."...
ServiamJun 12 minI Have Found a Physician.St. Ambrose of Milan attributed this prayer to the Apostle Matthew, upon the occasion of the Apostle's conversion. "As Jesus went on from...
ServiamMay 272 minThe 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...
ServiamMay 253 minThe 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'....
ServiamMay 162 minMedicine Big Pharma Can't Make.Which medicine brought about spiritual rebirth to the souls of men? Was it not the gigantic Cross of our Lord Jesus? If the Lord had...
ServiamMay 153 minA Bed That Walks.Fourth Sunday of Pascha: The Paralyzed Man. After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in...
ServiamMay 92 minRise. Shine.It is later than you think. The truth is that the illnesses, afflictions and tribulations of Christians brings about the cleansing of...
ServiamMay 42 minFollow Me. In order to follow Christ, let us take up our cross. The taking up of our cross is called the willing pious submission to God’s judgment...
ServiamMay 22 minGod Has Not Forgotten You.God did not come into the world to eradicate suffering. He did not come even to explain it. God came into the world to fill human...
ServiamApr 252 minPain. Origin. Cause.In the beginning, there was no pain, no suffering, no illness or death. Sin breeds evil, and evil breeds suffering.
ServiamApr 41 minYou Are With Me....though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me... Surely goodness and mercy shall follow...
ServiamMar 313 minIllness Moves Us To God.Eugene Rose, later Fr. Seraphim of Platina, wrote this pivotal passage in his journey from American born, protestant, spiritual seeker,...
ServiamMar 302 minStrong Prayer.The power of prayer. Who can deny it? Knowing we have Our Father who loves us, hears us, is with us, and who answers our prayer. ...