July 23, 2015
“If one’s heart lives by love, love becomes the main scale of evaluation. If I love someone, I do not need to see his mistakes. If I love someone,...
July 23, 2015
‘Tenderness’ Icon of the Mother of God: this unique icon (showing the Theotokos alone without Jesus) delivered Pskov from a Polish invasion in 1581 and protection against Napoleon’s invasion...
Tuesday, June 23
Matthew 27 “Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops. 28 And do not fear those who...
June 22, 2015
“No matter what the many fates of humans are on earth, no matter what schemes and obstacles Satan and the godless prepare and no matter how great the apostasy...
June 22, 2015
St. Alban of England: St. Alban is the ‘protomartyr’ or ‘first’ Christian martyr in England. He converted only a short time before torture and martyrdom because of the lifestyle and...
Monday, June 22
MATTHEW 10 16 “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men, for they...
June 21, 2015
“So take courage my child and rise from your fault. Stand up. Get angry with the tempter knowing that he is one that contrived all this trickery. Don’t let...
June 21, 2015
Martyr Julian of Tarsus: almost every day martyrs are part of the Liturgical calendar. We can read, often in detail, of horribly painful tortures that are worse than the...
Sunday, June 21
MATTHEW 6 22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is...
June 20, 2015
“It is incomprehensible how Jesus Christ is united with the sign of the Cross, and gives it the wonderful power of driving away passions, demons, and to calm the...