Orthodox Quote for July 4
“Never, ever, ever forget. You are your parents, grandparents, and ancestors’ hopes, dreams, suffering, and struggling. Don’t waste your life in vain pursuits. Justify their hope.” (Fr John Peck,...
Orthodox Quote for July 3
“Don’t pray to be healthy, but pray to become kind, because if you become a good person, that is, if God makes you kind, it means He’s going to...
Orthodox Quote for July 1
“Why does God withdraw from the life of the Christian? The first reason is that our nature is not yet conformed to the pattern of divine life revealed to...
Orthodox Quote for June 30
“Just as the body has an ear, so also does the soul. Not everybody has an ear that is open, nor does every soul… The soul whose ears are...
Daily Devotional for June 30 – July 6
Sunday Commentary fromthe Catholic Haydock Bible Commentary James 1: James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings. 2 My brethren, count...
Orthodox Quote for June 29
“The third reason we fail in our intention to lead a better life, is our excessive fear of the difficulties connected with such an undertaking. A holy life is...
Orthodox Quote for June 28
“Sometimes that which in our eyes seems worthy of praise is abominable in God’s sight. Do not imagine that God’s justice is not present simply because it is not...
Orthodox Quote for June 27
“Unfortunately, brethren, we do not like to acknowledge our transgressions. It would seem natural and easy for a person to know his own self, his own soul and his...
Orthodox Quote for June 26
“This is why a person who doesn’t believe in the true life, who doesn’t believe in God to ask for His mercy during times of tribulation, is a person...
Orthodox Quote for June 25
“It has been said of the 16th Century Western European religious climate, that the prevailing attitude was a conviction that man is so sinful that it would be nearly...