September 25, 2019 Grand Princesses’ Dolls I was standing in front of an icon depicting St. Joachim and St. Anna and the little Virgin Mary, and I thought that all the saints…
September 24, 2019 Be Here Now: Stability as Virtue “A tree which is often transplanted does not bear fruit.” St. Euthymius the Great Let us take some time to contemplate the importance of…
September 24, 2019 Unconditional Love Things can be different. When you see a person for the first time, you hug him, notice the sincerity in his eyes, and feel…
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 Key Milestones in the Life of the Convent Late in August, our Convent celebrated its twentieth anniversary. August 22, 1999 is considered the date of its establishment. It was the day when our…
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 How Divine Is the Name of God? A little more than a century ago, the Church came face to face with the problem of Imiaslavie: a doctrine that emerged in the…
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…
