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Serviam
Aug 31, 20224 min read
God is Not Vindictive.
Another reason why human suffering is a mystery to an unbeliever is because his very idea of God is false. Father Seraphim (Rose) Modern...
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Serviam
Aug 29, 20222 min read
Pain Is Universal.
Everyone, whether or not he is a Christian, must expect a certain amount of sickness and discomfort to enter his life. Physical pain is...
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Serviam
Aug 26, 20222 min read
Doctor's Orders.
During an illness first of all entrust yourself to God in order to strengthen your spirit in the midst of your misery. From the Works of...
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Serviam
Aug 24, 20225 min read
This Was From Me.
Have you ever thought that everything that touches you touches Me as well? For that which touches you touches the apple of My eye. You...
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Serviam
Aug 22, 20222 min read
Life is Hard. God is Good.
It is never so difficult to say from the heart, "Thy Will be done, Father," as when we are in sore affliction or grievous sickness, and...
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Serviam
Aug 19, 20222 min read
Candles Disperse Darkness.
One such candle was Romanian priest Fr. George Calciu. He and his family lived quietly until the communist government renewed its...
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Serviam
Aug 17, 20222 min read
Immortal Medicine.
In the Eucharist, the baptized person receives Christ Who, in His Body and Blood, gives Himself entirely, not just as man, but also as...
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Serviam
Aug 15, 20225 min read
He (still) Makes House Calls.
Christ visits us. He is with us. He is in us. He heals us. We pray in the Trisagion prayers, “Holy One visit and heal our infirmities...
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Serviam
Aug 10, 20224 min read
"Lord, where are You?"
Is God absent or present? Is He near at hand, or remote and withdrawn? It’s a matter of how you look at it. Elder Aimilianos of...
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Serviam
Aug 8, 20225 min read
Yes, Lord.
God never gives you a Cross without first weighing and measuring it very carefully to make sure that the Cross will result in your...
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Serviam
Aug 7, 20222 min read
Righteous Anna - Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos
8th Sunday after Pentecost. The Dormition of the Righteous Anna, mother of the Most Holy Theotokos. Synaxis of Saints of Smolensk Holy...
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Serviam
Aug 5, 20223 min read
Suffering as Gift.
But suffering, as the crowning of a man bearing his cross, gives birth in his heart to great Divine joy. As a mother grieves during the...
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Serviam
Aug 3, 20223 min read
Have You Seen Incense?
No one knows about it while it’s lying in the drawer. No one cares. But if you purposely place it on a red hot glowing coal, it fills the...
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Serviam
Aug 1, 20223 min read
Salvation through Suffering.
Not in flowers and gold, not in silver and precious stones is found the value of the Cross, but in the wounds of the Lord and His Most...
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