Daily Devotional for August 2 – 8
Sunday Romans 6:19… I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity...
Orthodox Quote for August 1
“When we make plans, there is no guarantee they will happen, but if we hope to God, we can trust that whatever the outcome may be will be in...
Orthodox Quote for July 31
“Help me to journey beyond the familiar and into the unknown. Give me the Faith to leave old ways and break fresh ground with You.” (Prayer of St. Brendan...
Orthodox Quote for July 30
“Therefore it is no God dwelling far off from us that we seek, Whom if we merit it we have within us. For He resides in us like soul...
Elder St. Paisios on Moderation in the Struggle…
“The struggle requires the following: First, one should provide his body with whatever it needs – sleep, food, and so on. Then, he should aim at cutting off his spiritual...
Orthodox Quote for July 29
“The wise men of the world tried in vain, both before and after Christ, to convince the nations that God is impersonal. They poured water through a sieve. But...
Orthodox Quote for July 28
“Is the number of Christians shrinking? The issue is not one of quantity, but one of quality. The Apostles were twelve in number and they won the entire world...
Orthodox Quote for July 27
“I am always surprised when people tell me they cannot accept this doctrine. “It doesn’t make sense,” is their claim. Yet, can we really expect God to fit into...
The Nature of Ecumenism…
“Essentially, the ecumenists envision the universal union of “churches,” which will serve as the leaven for the entire oikoumene in its turning of the world into the Kingdom of...
Orthodox Quote for July 26
“His miracles spoke of his divinity for no man could do what this man did. This filled the heart of his followers with zeal and conviction which at Pentecost...