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 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 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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- 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 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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- Dec 15, 2022
- 2 min
Memento mori.
Remember, O man, that thou art dust. And unto dust shalt thou return. Riches do not remain. Glory does not accompany one to the other...
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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 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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- Nov 16, 2022
- 3 min
A Scattered Life.
The sons of the world consider distraction to be innocent, but the Holy Fathers consider it to be the beginning of all evil. Saint...
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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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- Nov 2, 2022
- 3 min
Do be Still.
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 31, 2022
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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 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 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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- Sep 30, 2022
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"You Don't Want to Suffer?"
Then don't expect to ascend. Whoever does not endure sufferings should not expect grace from Him. Elder Joseph the Hesychast When can...
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