Bit by bit, grace comes The Lord has risen, my brethren, so that we may also rise. Presently, as long as we still find ourselves in […]
Tag: Life Messages
Thomas Sunday
(John. 20, 19-29) “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe” Christ works with many Christians just as he did with Thomas: He shows condescension […]
Before the Nativity
(Mat. 1: 1-25) The biggest evil and the biggest of all goods It so happens that even a lot of christians have not realised that all […]
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 […]
Learning from St. Dositheos’ Example
Perfect obedience is this: ( St. Dorotheos ) never allowed ( his disciple, Dositheos ) to become attached to any material objects. Dositheos took everything with joy and faith and obeyed willingly in everything. When he […]
The three levels of the soul
Conscious, subconscious, unconscious According to what the expert scientists, the psychologists, say, our soul is divided into three levels. It is somewhat like an edifice which […]
The Lord takes pity on us
God doesn’t let us go through whatever gives us a hard time for the sake of us having a hard time. Could that ever be possible since he […]
“To make a beginning” I start the true life at any moment
“To make a beginning”: I start the true life at any moment In the texts of the holy fathers we frequently encounter the exhortation: “to make a beginning”. […]
At church … twice as healed
At church man is freed from the demonic influence and the traps the devil sets. At church man is healed. These are not just words. It’s the […]
Palm Sunday
(John. 12, 1-18) How interested are we to meet Christ? Six days before Christ’s passion, we find the Lord at the house of Martha and Mary where he […]