#Death

Oct 21, 20191 min read

Remember Death or Die Spiritually

"Our mind is so darkened by the fall that unless we force ourselves to remember death we can completely forget about it. When we forget...

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...

Sep 20, 20191 min read

Mary's Birth Allowed Freedom

"By Your Nativity, O Most Pure Virgin, Joachim and Anna are freed from barrenness; Adam and Eve, from the corruption of death. And we,...

Aug 26, 20191 min read

Real Life Comes from Dying in Christ

"It is only through death - death in Christ - that we come to life. 'Unless a grain of what falls into the ground and dies, it remains...

Jul 26, 20192 min read

Praying for Those Who have Died

For some, it seems odd that we should pray for the dead. "After all," they say, "the Lord will take care of them one way or another." But...

Jul 24, 20192 min read

Pray for Your Own Blessed Death

Our modern culture seems to have an obsession with the macabre, but a serious aversion to understanding the dynamic link between life and...

Jun 25, 20194 min read

Addition to the Third Kneeling Prayer

This is a vocal prayer, which is added in after the reading of the Third Kneeling Prayer on Pentecost. It, too, gives us some passages on...

Jun 24, 20194 min read

Third Kneeling Prayer of Pentecost

This is a vocal prayer read in the context of Vespers at Pentecost in anticipation of the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. Along with the...

Jun 22, 20192 min read

Addition to the Second Kneeling Prayer

This is a vocal prayer, which is added in after the reading of the Second Kneeling Prayer on Pentecost. It, too, gives us much to...

Apr 12, 20191 min read

Worldliness is a Tomb We Create

"Being actively united with this entire world, every sinner falls into its broad nets, wraps himself in them, and is so deeply buried...

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