Healed through the intercession of the Holy Virgin Having been admitted to Swedish Medical Center yesterday for the expected stents or bypass surgery, my cardiologist, Doctor Peter Albro, was surprised to find no blockage whatsoever. My arteries were clear and my heart muscle is strong! I’d been anointing myself with holy
Category: The Morning Offering
Mt. Rainier click photo to enlarge I’m too exhausted to think, so I will not be making entries on my blog until I’ve returned to the monastery. Tomorrow morning I enter Swedish Hospital where my cardiologist will be doing whatever is needed to restore me to my old (new) self.
A Healthy Soul Is One That Seeks Out Silence – The Morning Offering – Ancient Faith Radio click on the above words for three minute audio I will go up unto the mountain of the Lord 12th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone three.Afterfeast of the Dormition. Synaxis of all saints of
This deer was just a few feet away from me! I will go up unto the mountain of the Lord Tuesday I will be entering Swedish Hospital’s Cherry Hill campus for the next step in dealing with whatever is going on with my heart. Although a number of friends, including
Two Old Islanders When you Pray, Pray for Repentance When you pray, make the central theme of your prayer a request that God bring you to true repentance. Repentance must be the goal of your prayer life, for only in repentance can you gain humility. God’s grace will sustain you
http://ancientfaith.com/ My debut is set for Monday, September 5thGood morning to all of you! I apologize for being tardy with today’s blog but I had a full day off island yesterday and was too exhausted to write anything upon my return. This morning I did something I never do, I
in the Church The Abbot’s Study Refrain from a Life of Super Correct Driven by fear, there are people who leave the Church and head into schism. In Greece there are at least eighteen “Old Calendar” Orthodox churches who claim to be THE Church, not recognizing each other as canonical.
You Can Better Help Your Priest and Bishop by Understanding this One Thing My blog entry on Monday solicited numerous responses from priests, thanking me for my observations on the difficulties and temptations that come with priesthood. Parish priests feel pressures that are found in no other profession. The type
Lifeless things offer no satisfactionThe lifeless things of this world offer no spiritual satisfaction, yet we often sell ourselves off to things or people by giving them power over our hearts. It is easy to feel abandoned or hurt by those to whom we’ve given power. If we need affirmation
Mother of God Today the Living Ladder is Assumed into Heaven How does He, who dwells in the splendor of His glory, descend into the Virgin’s womb without leaving the bosom of the Father? How is He conceived in the flesh, and does He spontaneously suffer, and suffer unto death,