Orthodox Quote for September 25
“The level of our physical attachment determines the strength of the passion that wars with us. This is how the whole human race is tested…When a person is caught...
Orthodox Quote for September 24
“…they are in a state of deep happiness, because they are constantly looking above and keeping in mind, with determination and constancy, to get to a certain place, which...
Daily Devotional for September 24 – 30
Sunday Navarre commentary on the banquet of Luke 14… “Compel people to come in”: it is not a matter of forcing anyone’s freedom — God does not want us...
Orthodox Quote for September 23
“Even in this life, we all walk on the hedonic treadmill: pleasures, both innocent and illicit, last for but a short while, and then become dull. Then we have...
Orthodox Quote for September 22
“How, then, is it possible that we would forget this command of our Lord and be indifferent to our fellow men and women who are created in the image...
Orthodox Quote for September 21
“The devil makes us see little sins as insignificant, because otherwise he would be incapable of drawing us into greater sins.” (Venerable Mark the Ascetic, quote from sayings)
Orthodox Quote for September 20
“The devil does not have in his hands a more formidable weapon than despair. And we do not so much make him happy when we sin, but how much...
Orthodox Quote for September 19
“History certifies that Christian merchants, traveling through the Mediterranean lands, were diligent in transmitting the Christian truth wherever they went. It was the blessed time of a living faith,...
Orthodox Quote for September 18
“Four days was also plenty of time for Lazarus to look around and size things up. But if he ever told anybody what he saw, it wasn’t recorded. Whatever...
Orthodox Quote for September 17
“He who is humble in his thoughts and engaged in spiritual work, when he reads the Holy Scriptures, will apply everything to himself and not to his neighbor. ”...