Despair is a lie. Do something! WATCH THE FULLY HOMILY HERE: https://youtu.be/cOMwpgyMAWk https://www.brighteon.com/1d1feefd-704d-4704-9dbb-e821638e7471
Category: The Morning Offering
Religious Liberty: The Litmus Test for all Human Rights Freedom of religion has always been the hallmark of our American way of life. Our Founding Fathers migrated to the shores of the New World primarily to seek religious freedom, fleeing as they were the religious persecution they suffered in England.
Freedom is for the faithful to the end, and beyond. https://www.brighteon.com/bf45276b-f9fd-49de-9bf7-9759c8837022
Tapping into the Noetic Memory of the Heart The heart does not only have a natural operation as a mere pump that circulates blood. In Orthodox patristic tradition the heart is the center of our self-awareness. Saint Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain (+1809) calls the heart a natural and supernatural
“Regard as free not those whose status makes them outwardly free, but those who are free in their character and conduct. For we should not call men truly free when they are wicked and dissolute, since they are slaves to worldly passions. Freedom and happiness of soul consist in genuine
God is not a Prosecutor, but a Physician The Scriptures, the works of the Early Church Fathers, and the liturgical texts of the Church, all attest to the fact that the Ancient Church did not teach that Christ’s Incarnation was intended to be a propitiation of divine righteousness. Rather, Christ
Y’all need Jesus, not these jokers. https://www.brighteon.com/e12868eb-1bb8-47b2-9041-8cf7f8a9e558
A Grateful Heart is Fertile Ground When we strive to interact with members of our family, our friends, our coworkers, and all others, with respect, humility, and dignity, we lay the groundwork for the abundance of Grace needed to quicken our heart for the things of God. When you open
Famine? War? Martyrdom? We know how this ends. https://www.brighteon.com/9a5d1a54-c2e7-45ec-b1dc-13e411196420
Blessed is the kingdom of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit The Divine Liturgy begins with the words, Blessed is the kingdom of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages. This kingdom is our true home