Orthodox Daily Devotional for October 1 – 7
Sunday Excerpts from Catholic Saint Josemaria Escriva in ‘Friends of God’ this week. I remember, many years ago now, I was going along a road in Castile with some...
Orthodox Quote for September 30
“We are all created in God’s image. However, God’s likeness is accessible only to those who, through their great love, conquered themselves for Him. Because the more we reject...
Orthodox Quote for September 29
“Whoever chooses to walk the path of Christ, doing God’s will in word and action, will succeed in every respect. We see the proof, not only in the life...
Orthodox Quote for September 26
“If, for example, you see a woman immodestly dressed, don’t have regard only for her outward appearance, but look more deeply into her soul. She may be a very...
Orthodox Quote for September 28
“Today each of us carries the cross of trial. Each of us goes step by step to his own Calvary through bitterness and sorrow. We all suffer much, but...
Orthodox Quote for September 27
“If your neighbor offends you, invite him to your house and do not refuse to visit him and partake of food with him. These actions will rid you of...
Orthodox Quote for September 25
“The level of our physical attachment determines the strength of the passion that wars with us. This is how the whole human race is tested…When a person is caught...
Orthodox Quote for September 24
“…they are in a state of deep happiness, because they are constantly looking above and keeping in mind, with determination and constancy, to get to a certain place, which...
Daily Devotional for September 24 – 30
Sunday Navarre commentary on the banquet of Luke 14… “Compel people to come in”: it is not a matter of forcing anyone’s freedom — God does not want us...
Orthodox Quote for September 23
“Even in this life, we all walk on the hedonic treadmill: pleasures, both innocent and illicit, last for but a short while, and then become dull. Then we have...