Orthodox Quote for May 24
“There are three little prayers which are indispensable and all-encompassing: 1. Lord have mercy. (We pray this often!) 2. Thy will be done. (We pray this every time we...
Orthodox Quote for May 23
“There can be no stopping, on this path according to the law of spiritual life. A person, having ceased to struggle with himself, will not remain as he was,...
Orthodox Quote for May 22
“I advise you to make use of spiritual treatment against this passion: confess in detail all the sins of your whole life from the age of seven, receive the...
Orthodox Quote for May 21
“Adam and Eve, the earliest humans, disrupted this relationship with God through the Fall. They became trapped in their own egotistical passions. They ceased being in a constant prayerful...
Daily Devotional for Mary 21- 27
Sunday *Commentary from the Navarre Bible this week Luke 8:Then His mother and brothers came to Him, and could not approach Him because of the crowd. 20 And it was...
Orthodox Quote for May 20
“The Pascha joy cannot take root in one short day. The Saturday vigil is not enough. Pascha Sunday is not enough. We must not go back to our normal...
Orthodox Quote for May 19
“St. Paul warns us that there are “rabbit trails”… “Have nothing to do with stupid, senseless controversies!” Such controversies are raging in our world right now. We would do...
Orthodox Quote for May 18
“Christ respects people’s freedom to accept or reject Him. However, his final judgement shows us that He also respects His own freedom, not only ours, namely, the freedom to...
Orthodox Quote for May 17
“In the hour in which we are tempted we must be patient and pray. Temptation is a clever craftsman. He is able to make small things loom large. Temptation...
Orthodox Quote for May 16
“The Saints are pleased when they are lifted up from the paper or the wood and imprinted in people’s hearts.” (Elder St Paisios, ‘Spiritual Awakening’)