Daily Devotional for March 18-24
Sunday Mark 917 Then one of the crowd answered and said, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. 18 And wherever it seizes him, it throws him...
Orthodox Quote for March 17
“Hence I ought unceasingly to give thanks to God who often pardoned my folly and my carelessness, and on more than one occasion spared His great wrath on me,...
Elder Ephraim on Prayer as a Weapon
“Do thoughts war against us? Prayer is a great weapon. The attraction of sin pulls the mind towards evil. But when the mind takes hold of the ax of...
Orthodox Quote for March 16
‘Devotion is one thing, reverence is another. Eastern Orthodox devotion differs from Western European reverence. Devotion has divine grace, while reverence is of the human mind.” (Elder St Paisios...
Orthodox Quote for March 15
“Whether you are in a wheelchair or you can walk perfectly, none of that matters if we are spiritually paralyzed. But if we have the grace of God powerfully...
Elder Paisios on Envy
“This is why I say that each person should look to see if they actually have within themselves the very same blessing they envy in someone else, or that...
Orthodox Quote for March 14
“When a person remains completely obedient to his conscience and implements whatever it tells him, he is not reproved by it anymore—not that its voice has weakened, but rather...
Orthodox Quote for March 13
“Each person should find the gift that God has given him and praise the benevolent God – not with pride or hypocrisy, but with humility – by recognizing that...
Orthodox Quote for March 12
“We mustn’t look at Lent as a ban. Fasting is one of the voluntary components of spiritual practice, and keeping the fast is an expression of our obedience to...
Elder St. Paisios on God the Good Father
“We should not be ungrateful to God our Good Father, Who has endowed all His creatures with various gifts, because He knows what each one of us needs so...