His outstretched arms are there, even though we don’t see them We all have those moments in our lives when we feel as though God is absent, even perhaps nonexistent. Those times leave us feeling alone and abandoned, as though we are lost in an empty stadium. We feel as
Category: The Morning Offering
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We Must Remember to Give God Thanks Frequently “We thank thee, O Christ our God, that thou hast satisfied us with thy earthly gifts, deprive us not of thy Heavenly Kingdom; but as thou entered into the midst of thy disciples, O Saviour, and gave them peace, enter also among
The hidden path to holiness.
It is important that we pray for those who have gone on before us The Apostolic Orthodox and Catholic Church has always prayed for its dead. Although the New Testament does not directly address the subject of praying for the dead, and even though we are told that our departed
“Father, I am a young man considering orthodoxy, and I am currently accepted to college for my declared major of psychology. I intend to obtain a Psy. D and serve others as a clinical psychologist. You’ve spoken in the past about the field of psychology being deeply humanistic and atheistic
“Love thy God with all your heart, mind…” and secondly, “Love thy neighbor…” We live in a world bombarded with thousands of messages, some subtle and some not-so-subtle, of merchandising that impact the way we interact with others, and the way we relate to God. Much of what we glean
Tis the season to get together…but we are never truly alone.
Orthodoxy Cries Out to be Lived, Experienced, and Practiced! Orthodoxy by its very nature is a demanding religion, one that requires its faithful to fully embrace a lifestyle that is in opposition to the world about us. The many periods of fasting and the practice of standing for our services
“When we strive with diligent sobriety to keep watch over our rational faculties, to control and correct them, how else can we succeed in this task except by collecting our mind, which is dispersed abroad through the senses, and bringing it back into the world within, into the heart itself,