Friday, August 7
MATTHEW 22 15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk. 16 And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we...
August 6, 2015
Feast of the Transfiguration: the ‘uncreated’ light of God which shone at the Transfiguration is the same light that is sought by hesychasts, those Orthodox monks and others who...
Thursday, August 6
MATTHEW 17 Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; 2 and He was transfigured before them....
August 5, 2015
“The Sacraments, repentance, prayer, thanksgiving and generosity are the normative marks of the Orthodox life. These contain everything necessary to the life of grace. Church reform is not a...
August 5, 2015
St. Nonna: she converted her pagan husband to the faith and he eventually was ordained a bishop. Her son became a saint: Gregory the Theologian. Never underestimate the influence,...
Wednesday, August 5
MATTHEW 22 And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his...
August 4, 2015
“Suffer and pray to God for your children. By your long-suffering you will hopefully bring them little by little to feel some shame and with your prayer you will...
August 4, 2015
Seven Holy Sleepers: when the Emperor Decius had the seven Christian soldiers entombed alive, God miraculously kept them in miraculous sleep for over 200 years. At the time...
Monday, August 3
MATTHEW 21 28 “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard.’ 29 He answered...
August 3, 2015
“If I wanted to relate everything I went through on a daily basis with this passion of anger, I would have to write a book. Since God wanted to...