Try to fill your soul with Christ
Sep
30
2016
Try to fill your soul with Christ so as not to have it empty. Your soul is like
Try to fill your soul with Christ so as not to have it empty. Your soul is like
Avoid with all your power negligence! Self-esteem corrupts treasures that have been amassed, while negligence
There are some less known things about the nativity of the Mother of God: firstly, she was
Manual tasks bring their own special blessings; in contrast with the more intellectual ones, they make it easier to guard the mind, the nous, and to
The problem is not people being uneducated; the problem is that they are educated just enough to believe what they’ve been taught and not educated enough to question what they’ve been taught. That’s why we need
Abba Sisoes used to say that the way that leads to humility is
You must not be greatly troubled about many things, but you should care for the main thing — preparing yourself for death because
Do you believe that God provides for His creatures, and is able to do all things? Let suitable
St Christopher was a man of great stature and unusual strength. According to tradition, St Christopher was very handsome, but wishing to avoid temptation for himself and others, he asked the Lord to give him an unattractive face, which was granted to him.
There are many miracles which the Holy Belt has performed throughout history. For us, however, the most precious miracle which happens each year is that we are, after 15 (fifteen) hours of
God is allmighty and He could leave us for consolation anything from His mother. However,
The great secret about the devil is that he cannot do anything. He can only
What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to
What, more realistically, is this “mutation,” the “new man”? He is the rootless man, discontinuous with a past that Nihilism has destroyed, the raw material of every demagogue’s dream;
The mind, the eye of the soul, is enlightened only by God’s grace. Although the things of this creation can cast a light upon the mind, this light is
A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of those who have made progress, freedom from
It is not that we did something wrong and now owe a debt we cannot pay, or are punished with death – though such a metaphor can be used and has it’s usefulness. But we need more than
“It is better to give than to receive” said our Lord, and rightfully so. This is because man is easily enslaved by
Suffering cleanses the soul infected with the filth of sensual pleasure and detaches it completely from material things by showing it the
At the beginning, the thought is making just a simple appearance. If the mind throws it away then all the war is gone. However, most of the time the mind is
Pray to the saint whose name you bear, and he [or she] will help you. Turn to him in times of sorrow and sickness; in difficult circumstances and in moments of joy…
The apostle notes four types of prayer. ‘My advice is that first of all supplication should be offered up for everyone, prayers, pleas, and thanksgiving’ (I Tim. 2:1)…
God was the reason of true faith and good behavior and of the knowledge of technology among people. While people continually felt…
It was fitting that she, who had kept her virginity in childbirth, should keep her own body free from all corruption even after death. It was fitting that she,…
Thus as art can also be the fountain of true light, the inexhaustible treasury of life itself, the most fruitful source of blessing, who has won for us and brought us all good things…
In the [Muslim] Saracen encampment they asked Saint Cyril [Enlightener of the Slavs]: “How can Christians wage war and at the same time keep Christ’s commandment to pray to God for their enemies?’ To this, Saint Cyril replied:
Hell is a state of eternally being separated from God. Your very being is contingent upon God for existence, but you never cease to exist. Therefore, as you attempt to rip yourself from existence and fail for all eternity, it is the most profound suffering. It is…
What we can say about deification? Here are we who lie in the deepest pit of ignorance, in the dark passions of this body and in the shadow of death, having the temerity to begin to philosophize about heaven on earth. The firmament has the stars for its beauty, and dispassion has the virtues for its adornments; for by dispassion I mean no other than the interior heaven of the mind, which regards the tricks of the demons as mere toys. And so he is truly dispassionate, and is recognized as dispassionate, who has made his flesh incorruptible, who has […]
Wherefore, if you desire to become equal to the apostles, there is nothing to hinder you. For to have arrived at this virtue only suffices for your…
Never confuse the person, formed in the image of God, with the evil that is in him: because…