Daily Devotional for March 14-20
Sunday Psalm 50 (David’s prayer of repentance…spread out over several nights for the start of Lent) Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the...
Orthodox Quote for March 13
“We are accustomed to the works of God, and therefore value them but little; we do not, for instance, value even man as we ought to—that greatest work and...
Orthodox Quote for March 11
“As with most everything, there are positives and negatives on why we do what we do, and monasticism is no exception. The primary reason a man or woman becomes...
Orthodox Quote for March 10
“Here is the luminous teaching of our Savior: Thy will be done. (Matt. 6:10). Whoever sincerely pronounces this prayer leaves his own will and puts all things in the...
Orthodox Quote for March 9
“We do not know all the details of the path that the Lord has set out for us, and we will never know fully. That is the way of...
Orthodox Quote for March 8
“Sin crushes a man and removes the veil of grace from his soul, from which a man suffers, becoming vulnerable to demons, the world, and vices—a man becomes a...
Elder Aimilianos on Prayer…
initially experience prayer, when we begin to pray, as a wrestling match, a struggle. …I begin a battle which will be painful, which will be endless… a battle...
Orthodox Quote for March 7
“The moments of spiritual upliftment from the sin of the young prodigal are, in fact, the steps of repentance of every man who desires to change his life, to...
Daily Devotional for March 7-13
Sunday *This week excerpts from modern elders… Elder Joseph the Hesychast on Humility… “Where is your humility when you feel and say that everyone wrongs you and that only...
Orthodox Quote for March 12
“There is nothing to be ashamed about dodging danger when you can. It is better to stay alive and healthy and thanks to this do something useful for people...