Sunday Devotion for October 16
Luke 8:5-15 (Parable of the Sower) ST. BEDE: “The rock, he says, is the hard and unsubdued heart. Now the moisture at the root of the seed is...
Orthodox Quote for October 15
“Whatever resources God gives us to work with in each moment is all that is required in that moment. Perhaps it’s not our best and perhaps we could do...
Orthodox Quote for October 14
“They are not perfect and don’t have every gift that would make a perfect priest. Christ is the only perfect priest. Being human means they, too, are working on...
Orthodox Quote for October 13
“It is necessary always to be patient and to accept everything that happens, no matter what, with gratitude for God’s sake. Our life — is a minute compared to...
Orthodox Quote for October 9
“Every Christian can engage in inner prayer… ‘Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me a sinner’ . With that simple but perfect prayer, one can fulfill the commandment –...
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Orthodox Quote for October 12
“All faith comes from it and is built on its foundation; on it, hope is based. Without love no thing has ever taken shape, nor ever will. Its names...
Orthodox Quote for October 11
“Geronda’s strategy and goal was to have us say the Jesus prayer constantly and keep vigil valiantly. He had implanted deep within us the meaning of prayer and watchfulness...
Orthodox Quote for October 11
“The post-Christian European knows no other values besides biological existence. Meeting face to face with a culture that looks differently at death is threatening and unbearable for the post-Christian...
Orthodox Quote for October 10
“A young child does something wrong; let’s say he breaks one of his father’s tools and then is upset over it because he considers it to be a big...
Orthodox Quote for October 10
“Can a Patriarch or Metropolitan take relics and give them to heretics? Is this permitted by the canons of the Church? Does this express Orthodox ecclesiology? Does this lead...