Letting the Light of Christ Shine Forth In Us Christ urged his disciples to walk in all humbleness, love, and compassion. As his disciples we must be quick to forgive others, and to overlook, even hide, the sins of our neighbor. We must speak out against injustice, and work for
See with your soul. Some healing required.
Planting the Seeds of Faith in the Land of My People A number of years ago while visiting Holy Cross Monastery in West Virginia, a young monk took me for a day trip to Amish country, in Pennsylvania. While wandering around in a large hardware store that sold Amish supplies,
“And so, look to your salvation, while you still have an acceptable time; work and labour for your salvation while it is yet day, for the night will come, and then no one can work. Do not put it off from day to day, but hasten to the heavenly Kingdom
Becoming the Peacemaker Rather than Saving Face As followers of Christ, we are called to wage peace, not war, for our Saviour has brought us the peace that passes all understanding. As His disciples, we must renounce all violence and tumult. We Christians must become peacemakers in this world, for
Would you even know if you were?
We Must Collaborate With God If we are to be healthy spiritually, we must cooperate with God’s divine grace. The nous, as the center of our being, refers to the noetic energy that functions in the heart of every spiritually healthy person. Only the Holy Spirit can bring about the
The Dormition of the Mother of God According to the teachings of the Orthodox Church, Mary, having spent her life after Pentecost supporting and serving the nascent Church, was living in the house of the Apostle John, in Jerusalem, when the Archangel Gabriel revealed to her that her repose would
The hospital for the soul stays open! Note: our monastery did close to visitors for about two months at the beginning of the COVID lockdowns. After that we mandated masks for non-monks for several weeks. It took us some time to see the problem with these measures. We understand others
The Eucharist is the Greatest Miracle Of all the miracles of Christ, the greatest is the Eucharist. The Gospels are filled with accounts of miracles performed by Christ, but the greatest of them all was when He offered the simple elements of bread and wine, made by man, and transformed