Orthodox Quote for April 9
“The most difficult thing—and not only in our time but always—is obedience and the denial of one’s own will. It is met with more resistance, more sharply today when...
Orthodox Quote for April 8
“The sum of our Fast stands not only in abstaining from meats; neither is it profitable to deny food to the body, if the mind be not bridled from...
Orthodox Quote for April 7
“Grace is nothing other than the Life of God. In proper theological terms (of the Eastern Church) grace is the uncreated Divine energies. But that phrase, unless correctly understood...
Daily Devotional for April 7 – 13
Sunday This Week: Meditations on Stations of the Cross from Catholic St Josemaria Escriva First Station Jesus is condemned to death It is after ten in the morning. The trial is...
Orthodox Quote for April 6
“The faces that look at us from icons belong to eternity. Gazing upon them, raise up your prayers to them, asking for their intercessions. We, the inhabitants of the...
Orthodox Quote for April 5
“He humbled Himself utterly, to the point of being slapped and mocked…what a terrible thing! And now we are seeking to have a type of Christianity without the crucifixion;...
Orthodox Quote for April 4
“As for myself poor soul…… I’m very weak. I haven’t managed to love Christ so very fervently and for my soul too long for Him I feel that I...
Orthodox Quote for April 3
“Human righteousness is not for spiritual people; it merely serves to restrain worldly people. A spiritual person is a fool if he relies on human righteousness which is nothing...
Orthodox Quote for April 2
“If Christ had the worldly logic that many spiritual people have today He would not have left His throne Heaven to descend to earth, to suffer and be crucified...
Orthodox Quote for April 1
“Your machine is enormous; your passengers are countless. You’re the driver of the whole world. Many, many passengers do not think about You, do not question the mystery of...