Author: Abbot Tryphon
Leaders Must Image the Great Physician of Souls When people are hurting, and seeking professional help, they are vulnerable, and the trust they place in the professional makes them particularly open to exploitation. This is why we must have institutions and lines of authority that hold professionals accountable. We can
How Can We Possibly Love Everyone, Including Our Enemies? We are instructed by Christ to love our neighbors as ourselves, and even to love our enemies. There are always individuals who come into our lives that we find difficult to like, let alone love. Given this, how do we follow
Prayer Must Be to Us a Consuming Fire God loves us and desires that we come to the knowledge of the Truth and inherit His Kingdom. When we’ve acquired a peaceful and contrite heart, we will seek to keep God’s commandments, and love Him with all our heart. Then we
The Eucharist is the Greatest of Miracles Of all the miracles of Christ, the greatest is the Eucharist. The Gospels are filled with accounts of miracles performed by Christ, but the greatest of them all was when He offered the simple elements of bread and wine, made by man, and
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He Who Lives the Will of God Has No Worries With all the troubles that are now befalling our world, many people find themselves worrying about the future. Bad economic times have made job stability a cause for concern, and record breaking climate changes are inflicting further hardships on communities
Surrender Neither To Self-esteem Nor To Self-loathing Humility does not require we think poorly of ourselves, nor be given over to self-loathing. Just as we must not be over-lauding ourselves, we must not sink to a state of self-loathing, for both states have their basis in the ego. I would
The Important Role of the Church in Bringing About Healing The answer for all of us, in our desire to overcome the misery and depression of the past, is to immerse ourselves in the Life of the Church. As a Hospital for the Soul, the Church is the very place