#StTheophantheRecluse 4/5

May 1, 20191 min read

How the Prodigal Son Found the Light

"In the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32) these moments (cf. "Wake Up to the Light of Christ") are indicated in the following...

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...

Apr 17, 20191 min read

Are You Dead to Everything Spiritual?

"If one looks at a sinner's inward disposition and outward state then it will be found that sometimes he knows much, but is blind with...

Apr 10, 20191 min read

Others Increase Our Sin

"...this whirling is intensified and complicated a thousand times because the sinner is not alone. There is a whole world full of other...

Apr 5, 20191 min read

Observe Yourself for a Day

"So, a sinner persists incessantly in his troubles and anxieties, and in his search for excessive knowledge, many possessions, and...

Apr 3, 20191 min read

Emptiness of the Heart

"The emptiness of the heart - which has deprived itself of real delight in the One who is everything - generates a thirst for many and...

Apr 1, 20191 min read

Emptiness of the Will

"The emptiness of the will - which has deprived itself of the One who is everything - produces numerous desires" striving to possess many...

Mar 29, 20191 min read

Emptiness of the Mind

"The emptiness of the mind - which has forgotten about the One who is everything - gives birth to a concern for excessive knowledge: for...

Mar 27, 20191 min read

Thirsty, Anxious, and Troubled

"He has fallen away from God, who is the fullness of everything. He is empty in himself. The only thing that remains is to spread himself...

Mar 25, 20191 min read

The Bottomless Abyss

"A man becomes a bottomless abyss; he tries hard to fill this abyss, but he cannot. That is why for his whole life he is in sweat, toil,...

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