Orthodox Quote for January 29
“To say I struggle to live a Christian life would be a colossal understatement. Daily I ask God for forgiveness and strength. I approach the Holy Cross with humility...
Daily Devotional for January 29 – February 4
Sunday Continuing Navarre Commentary on Mary’s ‘Magnificat’ in Luke 1 “And his mercy is on these who fear him from generation to generation”: “At the very moment of the...
Orthodox Quote for January 28
“…those coverings themselves also become holy. We can see this in the account of the Byzantine Empress Eudokia who donated her personal veil/head-covering to a monastery for use as...
Orthodox Quote for January 27
“…you now see that Jesus finds them actively fishing. But he neither resisted them at first when they desired to withdraw from him, nor having withdrawn themselves, did he...
Orthodox Quote for January 26
“It is the Church that tells us what is Scripture, and it is also the Church that tells us how Scripture is to be understood… The words of Scripture...
Orthodox Quote for January 25
“We remind that Christ’s blood shed by the Savior for the world’s life will be taken in the celebration of the Communion by those who give murderous orders, not...
Orthodox Quote for January 23
“What benefit will all my possessions bring to me at the Dread Judgment if I, in my miserliness, preserve them for myself alone, for, at that Judgment, those who...
Orthodox Quote for January 22
“In order to benefit others you must live in the love of God, otherwise you are unable to do good to your fellow man. You mustn’t pressurize the other...
Daily Devotional for January 22 – 28
Sunday Reading from Luke with commentary from the Navarre Commentary Luke 1: Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which...
Orthodox Quote for January 21
“To whatever extent a person draws close to God with his intentions, is to what extent God draws close to him with His gifts. “ (St Isaac the Syrian...