#Conversion

Oct 18, 20191 min read

Help Others, Die to Your Old Self

To truly help others - to intercede for them - one must love. To truly love - to sacrifice for them - one must know God. To know God - to...

Jul 12, 20191 min read

St. Paul's Prayers Show God Listens

God knows we are weak and sinful, but He will lift up all of us to find the happiness that comes from doing His will. In the ninth...

May 20, 20191 min read

Visible Presentation of Divine Reality 1

"The merciful Lord reveals to the consciousness of the converting sinner His divine world, in which our spirit is appointed to dwell....

Apr 29, 20191 min read

Wake Up to the Light of Christ

"'Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light' (Ephesians 5:14). This comparison of sinners to those who...

Mar 8, 20191 min read

He Will Lift You Up from Hell

God wants you to know He will not abandon you in your sorrow. Meditate on this irmos (a miniature hymn), from Ode 6 of The Great Canon of...

Mar 4, 20191 min read

You Can't Act as the World Acts

Meditate on this... If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the universe, why do you live as if you still belonged to the...

Mar 1, 20191 min read

Real Life Comes in Knowing Death

Meditate on this... He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for (Moroccan Proverb). For to me, living is Christ and dying is...

Feb 20, 20191 min read

False Dichotomies

Constantly in church. Bickering committees. Avoiding church. Pursuing hobbies. Where is the want to commune with God? Spiritual but not...

Feb 19, 20191 min read

Fix Your Gaze

Thieves, one and all. Repentant? Unrepentant? I choose to fix my gaze. The cross is steady while the world is turning. Stat crux dum...

Feb 9, 20191 min read

Why, O Lord?

Why, O Lord, do they turn from you? Their eyes shut. Their ears closed. Their mouths clamoring. Teach us to be better examples. Command...

HOLY SILENCE