“The gates of hell shall not prevail against her (Matthew 16:18)”. Whenever we hear of problems in the Church it is our natural inclination to want to read all about it and root out all the details. Yet if we really want to benefit our soul, we should take the
Category: The Morning Offering
How can we love everyone while not being dragged into everyone’s sins? #love #friendship #family
Darkness Does Not Exist In Its Own Right Our Orthodox Christian theology views evil not as a primeval essence that is co-eternal and equal to God, but rather a falling away from good. Evil does not exist in and of itself, and was not created by God. Our Orthodox Church
Why does the Slavic-style cross have three horizontal bars on it? #JesusChrist #cross #orthodoxy
A Priest Must Become Like a Funnel If a priest is truly to be an agent for grace, he must become like a funnel through which the Lord’s mercy can flow. Even though a priest has received the grace of ordination, if he does not attempt to live a life
Persecution is progressing. What about our faith? #orthodoxy #faith #persecutedchurch
None Can Be Saved Without Compassion For Others We must not be so self-consumed as to have no compassion for others. Saint Basil the Great tells us that a man who has two coats or two pairs of shoes, when his neighbor has none, is a thief. In the Holy
Christianity is not for cowards! Onward to eternity! #JesusChrist #orthodoxy #truth
Strong Medicine Balances Our Sinful Nature In monasticism a monk weeps during the night over his sins that he might rejoice during the day. He knows that there is a danger in emphasizing God’s all loving nature to the exclusion of His righteous wrath. Our life in Christ must be
Be genuine. #honesty #jesuschrist #truth