Category: The Morning Offering

We Are All On the Journey to God, Together There is the wonderful story of a group of African children who were assembled before a large basket of fresh fruit. They were told that the first child who could reach the basket could have all the fruit for themselves. The

“Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to

We Must Guard Against the Sin of Pride “A most learned elder spiritually admonished a proud brother, but he in his blindness said: ‘Forgive me, father, I am not proud.’ The wise elder said to him: ‘What clearer proof of this passion could you have given us, son, than to

Don’t let death stop you.

The Ascetic’s Contribution to Community Saint Seraphim of Sarov told us that if we acquire the Holy Spirit a thousand around us will be saved. Hermits, although distancing themselves from the world, enter into direct communion with God and become intimately connected to community through their contact with God. It

There are job openings in heaven that you were made to fill. Get ready!

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

Invite everyone!

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.