Orthodox Quote for July 17
“Does He give you freedom only to take it from you? You act freely and you decide to do the thing that God knows in advance without compelling you,...
Orthodox Quote for July 15
“Contemplate the miraculous withering of the unfruitful fig tree (Matthew 21: 19)…How my life too, which has many leaves— bodily cares, desires and thoughts— but is without spiritual #8221;...
Orthodox Quote for July 14
“Repentance, change of mind. Because only by changing the mind, you can change your heart. People who turn to God with their heart, and do not try to change...
Orthodox Quote for July 13
“If the heart is squandered on many insignificant things, it will not have the strength to feel pain for what deserves its care…all I care about is the pain...
Orthodox Quote for July 12
“The manic concern over what we’re going to eat, drink or wear is a sketch of people who seem to be earthly and ‘biological’. The stress, anxiety and care...
Orthodox Quote for July 11
“’How many Orthodox bishops does it take to change a light-bulb?’ Answer: ‘Why change a light-bulb?’ Well, of course, if light-bulbs don’t work, we do change them. But on...
Orthodox Quote for July 10
“They call me a good person, but I know what a liar and hypocrite I am. They simply do not know, they cannot know about my passions, my infirmity,...
Orthodox Quote for July 9
“One of our seminarians had a “eureka” moment. After several classes on the Jesus prayer, and after reading The Way of the Pilgrim in Spanish, he said to me: “Jesse,...
Orthodox Quote for July 8
“The heart that is captive to this vain world keeps its soul in a state of underdevelopment, and the mind in darkness. Then a man only seems to be...
Orthodox Quote for July 7
“Some suffer much from poverty and sickness, but are not humbled, and so they suffer without profit. But one who is humbled will be happy in all circumstances, because...