August 9, 2015
“Try it on your children. Ask them how many cartoon characters they could name. Then ask how many saints could they name. Two? Eight? A dozen if you’re lucky. ...
August 8, 2015
St Emilian the Confessor: he was one of the first bishops to denounce the iconoclast Emperor Leo the Armenian for his heretical intrusion into theological matters. He eventually died...
Sunday, August 9
MATHEW 17 14 And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he...
August 8, 2015
“Communion is not only a matter between the Lord and me, it is an act of communion with Christ in community. When I receive Holy Communion I also unite...
August 9, 2015
St. Herman of Alaska: known for his asceticism on Spruce Island, St. Herman also continued to write to his superiors in Russia advising them of the spiritual condition of...
Saturday, August 8
MATTHEW 22 34 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and...
August 7, 2015
St. Pimen of Kiev: this saint was noted for his physical suffering and he endured 20 years of it. Even those attending were so overcome by what they saw...
August 6, 2015
“Bless, Lord, this new fruit of vine which reached ripeness because Thou kindly provided good weather, drops of rain and stillness. Let eating this fruit of vine make us...
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...