Daily Devotional for December 10-16
Sunday Meditations from Catholic 19th Century Bishop Challoner this week. CONSIDER, first, that advent is a time of penance and devotion, during which we are daily admonished by the...
Orthodox Quote for December 9
“When the devil sees that our intellect has prayed from the heart, he makes a powerful attack with subtle temptations; but he does not bother to destroy the lesser...
Orthodox Quote for December 8
“Prosper in every virtue. Where are those who repeat over and over that believing is enough: that nothing more is needed?! Whoever thinks this way is blind.” (St. Theophane...
Orthodox Quote for December 7
“It is right and holy, therefore, men and brothers, rather to obey God than to follow those who, through pride, have become the leaders of a detestable sedition. For...
Orthodox Quote for December 6
“The giver of every good and perfect gift has called upon us to mimic Gods giving, by grace, through faith, and this is not of #8221; (St. Nicholas of...
Orthodox Quote for December 5
“But fasting alone is not enough. This we can see in the many present-day sects and so-called religions, where very strict fasts are sometimes practiced. Why then do not...
Orthodox Quote for December 4
“I say, then, that God is not born, not made, an ever-abiding nature without beginning and without end, immortal, perfect, and incomprehensible. Now when I say that He is...
Orthodox Quote for December 3
“The daily work of repentance has to become how we live our lives. But repentance cannot mean what we’ve been led to believe it means. It doesn’t mean “I’m...
Daily Devotional for December 3 – 9
Sunday Luke 19:Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2 Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 And he...
Orthodox Quote for December 2
“Every Christian ascends the Golgotha that God has prepared for him, carrying the cross given him by God’s Providence. And in order to not despair, not despond and not...