Orthodox Quote for February 18
“Considering the kind of men who were set up as models for me to imitate, it is no wonder that I was swept away into vanities and that I...
Orthodox Quote for February 17
“Do you want to seem decent? Wear Christ, not gold. Dress in charity, philanthropy, chastity, and humble-mindedness. These are worth more than all the gold. These make the beautiful...
Orthodox Quote for February 16
“Who does not reckon among the things of greatest interest the contests of gladiators and wild beasts, especially those that are given by you [the emperor]? But we say...
Daily Devotional for February 16 – 22
Sunday Psalm 5 Pt 2 (Douay Rheims version) But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy, I will come into thy house; I will worship towards thy...
Orthodox Quote for February 15
“Wherefore the Scripture says well: ‘A wise man will keep silence until there is opportunity.’ Therefore the saints of the Lord loved to keep silence, because they knew that...
Orthodox Quote for February 14
“We can even see the logical processes going on in his mind. We can hear him think about Christ: “I thought this man was somebody important. He wastes money, he...
Orthodox Quote for February 13
“Jesus was not anointed with oil, but with the gift of grace, which is signified by the visible oil with which the Church anoints those who are baptized. Yet...
Orthodox Quote for February 12
“Unfortunately, we all tend to get used to whatever we get used to. What we have experienced routinely in ourselves or from others, no matter how depraved, becomes normal...
Orthodox Quote for February 11
“A thirst for enjoyments appears, which intensifies with the gratifying of wanton passions, and finally becomes insatiable. It often happens that the unfortunate lover of the world, in order...
Orthodox Quote for February 10
“Man is a mystery. We carry within us an age old inheritance – all the good and precious experience of the prophets, the saints, the martyrs, the apostles and...