#Grace

Sep 30, 20191 min read

Lay Aside All Earthly Cares

"Woe betide us if He finds us overcharged with the cares and sorrows of this life! For who will be able to bear His anger, who will bear...

Sep 25, 20191 min read

Prayer is Always Possible for Everyone

"Of course, every good deed done for Christ's sake gives us the grace of the Holy Spirit, but prayer gives us this grace most of all, for...

Aug 30, 20191 min read

Contemplation in St. Gregory Palamas

Creation is a good, which God gave to us out of pure love. But that doesn't mean everything we create is as equally true and beautiful....

Aug 23, 20191 min read

Simplicity is Always the Answer

Everyone asks questions of God all the time. Why am I here? What is my purpose? Are you there? Are you listening? Can you help me?...

Jun 21, 20194 min read

Second 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. It provides us...

May 29, 20191 min read

Inward Presentation of Divine Reality

"Our spirit, as we have seen, is closed and stifled by many coverings. But by its nature, the human spirit is a spectator of the divine...

May 13, 20191 min read

Fear Can Accompany Awakening

"It is remarkable that this grace-given awakening is always accompanied by a startling and by some kind of fright. This startling and...

May 10, 20191 min read

Awakening to the One, True Order

"When a grace-given awakening takes place in the consciousness of a man... there is an instantaneous destruction of the whole order of...

May 3, 20191 min read

A Self-Made Life is Not Christian

"The true Christian life is the grace-given life. Self-made life - however beautiful in appearance it may be and to whatever outward...

Mar 22, 20191 min read

A Craving that Nothing Can Satisfy

"These are the general features characteristic of a sinner. The particular features of a man who has deprived himself of grace are...

HOLY SILENCE