A young man asked an Elder in the Holy Mountain: “Elder, how I can obtain the unceasing prayer? How I can obtain the prayer of the heart?” The […]
Category: Spiritual Life
With all our strength we serve selfishness
Man has many powers within himself and with them he serves selfishness. When he serves it, it arises, and all the powers of [his soul] are […]
Be like a tire!
“We have to live with sincerity and without hypocrisy, self-righteousness, and pharisaism. The course of our life should resemble the course of a tire of a car. In a […]
Preparation is important for praying
“If while praying we don’t feel comfort, something is clearly going on: we must repent and correct it. Some people say that this happens because of the devil’s […]
Silence should be kept secretly and in your heart
“Silence should be kept secretly and in your heart. Make sure that is not obvious to others that you maintain silence. As soon as you have said two or […]
Turn the wheel
For everybody that lives in the world, do not despair when you are possessed by many passions, the weight of your sins is extremely heavy, and you feel you […]
Man is able to become holy without dark basements and repressed experiences
Before man sinned, he didn’t have dark basements and repressed experiences hidden deep within him. Roman Catholics, and even more so Protestants, hold that man was created by […]
Avoid the causes
“Avoid the causes, what triggers sin. For example, if you have diabetes and you are supposed not to eat sweets, how can you stop them if all […]
On Fasting
The Nativity fast has begun and our Orthodox Church calls upon us to renew our spiritual struggle. So let us remind ourselves of the benefits of fasting. Fasting […]
Make good use of pain
How good it would have been if we did not let pain go to waste! One way or another we will suffer. But our whole torture and struggle […]