Wings of Faith.
When over the gloomy and deep abyss of grief, sorrows suddenly open before us - carry on up - on the wings of faith! Saint Ignatius...
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Serviam
Dec 28, 20222 min read
Death My Friend.
Terrible is the approach of death to people who are passionate, sinful and weak, who have not tried to live blamelessly in this vain...
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Serviam
Dec 23, 20222 min read
Making Sense of Suffering.
Suffering is an indication of another Kingdom which we look to. If being Christian meant being “happy” in this life, we wouldn’t need...
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Serviam
Dec 20, 20222 min read
Later Than You Think.
Grant that my sickness may be the means of my true repentance and amendment of my life according to Thy will, that I may spend the rest...
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Serviam
Dec 15, 20222 min read
Memento mori.
Remember, O man, that thou art dust. And unto dust shalt thou return. Riches do not remain. Glory does not accompany one to the other...
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Serviam
Dec 7, 20222 min read
Big Brothers.
Do not fear, for we have before us our big brothers - the angels - who fight together with us. December 7, 2019. Memory eternal! For...
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Serviam
Dec 2, 20221 min read
I. Me. Mine. (me)
There is no greater evil than egotism. It gives birth to all temptations and troubles, and woe to whomever it entangles - it will deform...
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Serviam
Nov 14, 20222 min read
The Cemetery.
What is our life? Almost the same thing as the life of a leaf on a tree! After many years of absence, I visited that beautiful village...
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Serviam
Oct 11, 20223 min read
Blind. Deaf. Dumb. Dead.
What's the point? Why this effort? Why the aggregating? The curating? The posting? Why publish Orthodox Wisdom for all who suffer?...
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Serviam
Oct 10, 20224 min read
Sickness Can Save Us.
We benefit greatly from our illnesses, as long as we endure them without complaint and glorify God, asking for His mercy. Saint...
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Serviam
Sep 23, 20222 min read
Death to the World.
No wonder then that it is hard to be a Christian. It is not hard, it is impossible. No one can knowingly accept a way of life which,...
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Serviam
Sep 20, 20221 min read
The Death of Fear.
Be at peace. Put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations. Do not look forward in fear to those changes and struggles in life, rather...
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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 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 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
Jul 29, 20222 min read
What is Death?
It is the age with which our true life begins. A man should not despair, no matter how great his sins, for a man is not saved by his good...
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Serviam
Jun 20, 20222 min read
Kill Your Will.
Set aside your wish to find peace on this earth pre-maturely in order to receive it in time. That is, upon our death. Put to death your...
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