Lack of faith, fear for the future and forgetting about the good providence of God often lead to acts, which later on we must regret much.
Category Archives: Spiritual life
Sunday of all Saints
“…whosoever shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father…” Dear brothers and sisters! Having joyously celebrated the Decent of the Holy Spirit on last Sunday, today, we cheerfully honor the memory of all the saints, who, being filled with divine grace, by the manifestation of the miracles worked by God …
Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the first Ecumenical Council
“…That they be one, even as We are…” Dear brothers and sisters! How much meaning is in these words of the Lord! Praying for His disciples, for His Church, God the Son asks God the Father that we, Orthodox Christians, members of the Body of Christ, be one even as the Holy Trinity is one. …
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The Sunday of the Blind Man
Christ is Risen!!! This week from the Gospel reading we hear how the Lord healed a man blind from his birth. We also hear how the Pharisees, out of envy, tried to convince him, who received healing, that the Lord, Who healed him, was not the Christ, not even a righteous man, but a sinner. …
The Sunday of the Paralytic
Christ is Risen!!! This Sunday the Holy Church celebrates the healing of the paralytic by the Lord. Today, the Holy Gospel tells us how the Lord came to the sheep’s pool, the place where a multitude of the sick awaited the descent of the angel and the stirring of waters in order to be healed, …
Today the grace of the Holy Spirit has brought us together…
These words of the stichiron from the service of the feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem are very important to us. At a quick glance, they contain simply a narrative meaning, but after a prayerful consideration, one can see in them a profound spiritual meaning. In honor of the feast, we bless …
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About warfare and prayer
“It is better not to notice the warfare on account of not paying attention to it and being focused on prayer, rather than, abandoning the attention to prayer, give in to contemplating the warfare, which is above our strength, and from this perceived contemplation arrive at high mindedness, which is inseparable from self opinion.” — …
Fourth Sunday of Great Lent
“…This kind comes out only by prayer and fasting…” These words of the Lord again encourage us on the fourth Sunday of Great lent. At times we forget, or completely fail to see, the reasons why the Church calls us to the feat of temperance. Regrettably, sometime in our understanding lent has only a dietary …
About temptations
Do you wish to overcome a temptation? Thank the Lord for it and receive His immediate aid. Complaining, on the contrary, makes one weak.
On God’s grace in our deeds
“…God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.” (James 4:6) Often, in the church and generally in life, we see the following: someone is putting all his efforts, one might say trying to jump out of his skin, in order to do good, to serve God and neighbour, but his efforts produce only …