Category: The Morning Offering

You can only give what have.

Heavenly Worship Must Enter into the Heart The beauty of Orthodox worship is meant to lift us up, connecting us to Heavenly Worship that is eternally celebrated before the Throne of God. The beatific vision granted Saint John, and revealed in the Book of Revelation, describes the connection between the

“Drive away with the hand of humility every transitory joy, as being unworthy of it, but by readily admitting it, you receive a wolf instead of a shepherd.” St. John of The Ladder

The Preeminence of Love is the Core of Our Christian Faith Obedience is a central theme throughout the history of salvation. Without obedience to God’s commandments, there can be no salvation, for the nous (the eye of the soul) must be healed before we can be made whole. The role

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. 1 Corinthians 13:12

The Need to Reunite a Society Divided by Age There are two major populations within our society that are seeing a statistical rise in the number of suicides. At a time when a growing body of research shows that people with the most social power pay scant attention to those

“I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you

The Three Disciplines: Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving Jesus Christ called for a thorough conversion of our heart and mind, and a complete turning away from the old man (our fallen nature). The main act that begins this conversion is metanoia, which means thorough change of mind. This happens when we

You have a mission from God.

Don’t Shelve a Part of You When we enter into communion with one another in the life of the Church, we come broken, and far from the image and likeness that God intended when He created us. We are in need of the healing that comes from a life in