The Benefit of Sorrow.
But people who believe in God should not despond, because through sorrows they receive the rights of sons, without which one cannot enter...
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Dec 30, 20234 min read
New Year. Old Prayer.
The Jesus Prayer... Every true Christian must always remember and never forget that he needs to be united with the Lord and Savior with...
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Nov 6, 20231 min read
Remember Death.
The life of man hangs by a hair. At every step, our life hangs in the balance. How many millions of people woke up in the morning, never...
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Serviam
Oct 30, 20231 min read
The Last True Rebellion.
“The world” is the general name for all the passions. When we wish to call the passions by a common name, we call them the world. But...
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Oct 27, 202313 min read
Hollow American Finds Holy Orthodoxy.
hollow /hŏl′ō/ adjective 1. Having a cavity, gap, void or space within. This re-published post is longer than normal. But it's...
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Serviam
Oct 20, 20233 min read
War is Hell.
An appeal to the world, from Canonical Russian Orthodox Bishop, Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye and Melitopol, of Ukraine. Addressed to...
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Serviam
Oct 17, 20234 min read
Wrecked by the World Wide Web.
Living in this age of information consumption places new burdens on us as humans, subjecting us to a different form of enslavement....
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Serviam
Oct 9, 20232 min read
You Are What You Eat.
"Man is what he eats." With this statement the German materialistic philosopher Feuerbach thought he had put an end to all "idealistic"...
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Serviam
Oct 3, 20232 min read
Afflictions are Salvific.
Entrust your health to God. If your illness or the doctor imposes something on you, accept it with the hope that through it God will...
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Serviam
Aug 23, 20232 min read
Become Holy.
We're all sinners. But everyone can become a Saint. However, people are terrified and think, “How can I read all the prayers and...
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Serviam
Aug 21, 20234 min read
The Arena.
I spent my entire life in sickness and sorrows, but without sorrows, how can one be saved? Illness is sent by God in place of and to make...
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Serviam
Aug 16, 20233 min read
The Great Price of the Pearl.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner... Most Holy...
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Serviam
Jun 13, 20235 min read
Sickness Exists Because of Sin.
Sickness exists in the world only because of sin. There would be no sickness at all, neither mental nor physical, if man had not sinned....
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Serviam
Apr 11, 20237 min read
The Angelic Life.
A glorious finish awaits your small ascetic struggle, and an endless reward will be granted for your temporary labors. Our Creator has...
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Serviam
Apr 5, 20233 min read
Loving Union with God.
First of all it must be understood that it is the duty of all Christians - especially of those whose calling dedicates them to the...
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Serviam
Mar 31, 20233 min read
Rise. Walk.
"If you will have patience in difficulties, you know the Holy Spirit is within you. If you will also have the strength to be thankful in...
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Serviam
Mar 27, 20233 min read
On Affliction, Pain and Labors.
Cling to our sweet Jesus, cry out to Him in your afflictions. Entrust to Him the care of grievous things and He will do good to you....
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Serviam
Mar 7, 20232 min read
Unanswered Prayers.
Thank God for them. For - all is gift - especially unanswered prayers, because the Lord is an omniscient giver of gifts. Whether or not...
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