June 2, 2019 “Love Trumps Death!”: a Word of the Spiritual Father of St. Elisabeth Convent Word of the Spiritual Father of St Elisabeth Convent: Hell is a lonely place where there shall be no God – ever. It’s a…
May 31, 2019 How Reason and Logic Become the Important Elements of Our Spiritual life I was trained as an engineer so I have an orientation to viewing things from a logical and scientific perspective. But this view…
May 30, 2019 Is the Kingdom of Heaven Really Within You? In Scripture Jesus tells us “The Kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:21) How do we know this? We know it when…
May 27, 2019 Spiritual Father’s Advice: Should We Pray Aloud or Silently Should I Pray Aloud Or Silently? Question: Father, do the Lord and his saints hear our prayers if we pray silently, not aloud? Should…
May 23, 2019 A Few Thoughts about the Usefulness of Suffering There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be…
May 23, 2019 Some Сommentary by C.S. Lewis on How to Fight Lust Please remember from last week that sexual lust is only one form of lust. I’m about to quote from C.S. Lewis again. Why do I…
May 23, 2019 Having a Choice as Christians: a Word on Our Addiction and Weakness Have you ever noticed that it is really easy for people to become addicts? We look all around us and we find that people…
May 21, 2019 Why Denying God’s Providence Is Denying Reality Imagine that you have been sentenced to seven years in a labor camp. The Church is weak, often riddled with spies, while the state…
May 20, 2019 St. Theophan: “Sin Affects Your Body!” (Acts 9:32–42; John 5:1–15) Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. (John 5:14). Sin affects both one’s soul…
May 17, 2019 The Difference between the Prayer of the Intellect and of the Heart Remembrance of God demonstrates communion with Him and is therefore like prayer. Striving to invoke the holy Name of Christ continuously, through the prayer…
May 15, 2019 Lust and Its Various Types Lust is defined in our Antiochian Pocket Prayer Book as “impure and unworthy desire for something evil”. So sexual lust is only one kind…
May 15, 2019 The Way to Be an Ascetic in Your Everyday Life There is a widely-accepted misconception among us that when one becomes involved in work at home or in business, immediately one steps out of…
