Spiritual Growth and Maturity
“The evangelist tells us, “He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town” (Mk 8:23). The town represents the security...
Prayer (Difficulties, Challenges of, Struggles)
“God is love and though it is at times hard for us to bear, God sometimes chooses for us a different path than that which we are praying...
Life ("Sea of Life")
“Such is our life! Calm and tempest alternate with each other; and time passes, passes, seeking to plunge into the abyss of eternity....
Pure Heart
“…he who loves God from a pure heart is given knowledge from Him (1 Cor. 8:3); he often knows God just like, or even more than a learned...
Home
“Christianity demands that the family be a small church…Our home is a little church, and creating the right sort of context and...
Healing and Suffering
“Sorrows are the best harbingers of the will of God, and from the beginning of the age they have served as a sign of God’s election. God...
Intellectual Pride
“The pride of the mind is much more disastrous than the pride of the will, because the pride of the will can be observed by the mind,...
Powerlessness
“Without turning to God, without regular prayer, confession and Communion we will always be powerless before our sins.” (Priest Alexei...
Intercessory Prayer
“Intercessory prayer “in behalf of all and for all” is a deliberate and decisive act of those individuals who have been baptized into...
Idle Talk
“Our tongue is set in motion by nothing else but the heart. All the superfluousness accumulated in the heart is poured out by the tongue,...