September 24, 2019 St. Silouan of Mt. Athos: “The Lord Loves Us Sinners and Calls Us to Himself” Everyone in life has his own battle of Stalingrad, his own cross, his own Golgotha. There are moments when it seems that circumstances are…
September 23, 2019 Defining Love These past few weeks, we have been enriched by so many parables in the Gospels, speaking to us about the importance of bearing fruit in…
September 20, 2019 Turn the Other Cheek – From the Desert Fathers The daughter of a certain rich man in Alexandria was suddenly seized by a wicked spirit and was tormented severely. Her father spent much…
September 20, 2019 The House of the Mother of God in Loreto Today, the Holy House in Loreto (or as it is called by the Italians, Santa Casa) is one of the most revered shrines associated…
September 20, 2019 The Nativity of the Mother of God In His Gospel, our Lord and God says, When the time comes for a baby to be born, there is sorrow: when it is…
September 20, 2019 “Blessing”: Does It Actually Mean Anything? In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Today I would like to speak…
September 20, 2019 Who’s Afraid of the Most Holy Virgin Mary? The veneration of the Virgin Mary has long been point of contention among Christians. Although it May be difficult to delineate a uniform position…
September 19, 2019 The Virgin Mary’s “Sister,” Mary the Wife of Cleopas Question: “Did the Virgin Mary have a sister? Wasn’t She the only child of St. Joachim and St. Ann? However, in the Gospel of…
September 18, 2019 Biblical Roots of the Jesus Prayer It is remarkable to me how deeply biblical the Jesus Prayer is: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner.”…
September 18, 2019 Sloth – Slothfulness about Leisure, Spiritual Sloth, How to Overcome Sloth Last week we looked at Bodily, Intellectual and Moral Sloth. Now, moving ahead… Slothfulness regarding Leisure. This sounds like a contradiction. It is not….
September 18, 2019 Do Orthodox Christians Need Sports? We need sports to work and fight – at least to fight with ourselves. Also, to transform a band of young bullies into a…
September 17, 2019 Principles for Presbyteras in the Parish This piece practically wrote itself in my head all in a few moments. I’ve never been a big fan of these alliterated lists, and…
