Illness unto Salvation.
How to behave during an illness so that it would be unto salvation. Do not panic and do not lose heart during an illness or aging. What...
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Mar 3, 20231 min read
The Case for Contentment.
Why do men leave one place and settle in another place? Primarily because they hope that they will be more fortunate in the other place....
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Serviam
Mar 1, 20232 min read
The Pure shall See God.
For every man, peace of soul is precious. From perpetual vigilance over the heart, purity is born, in which the Lord is seen according...
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Serviam
Feb 24, 20232 min read
Dangling by a Thread.
My child, do not forget that we are in this world only temporarily and that our life dangles by a thread and that all the desirable...
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Serviam
Feb 20, 20231 min read
A Prepper's Check List.
Freeze dried food, check. Extra batteries, check. Water, check. Gun, Bullets, check, check. Let's see, "What else are we...
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Serviam
Feb 13, 20233 min read
The Devil Speaks.
In his own words, he admits his mistakes, his misfortune and his miscalculations. And yet, he does not repent. He will not repent. He...
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Serviam
Feb 10, 20234 min read
Death to Depression.
Saint John Chrysostom writes to Saint Olympia about how to combat depression during sickness. "What, therefore, do I say and write? ...
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Serviam
Feb 8, 20233 min read
Remembrance of Death. Hell. Judgement.
The older I grow, the more I perceive the instability, the vanity of earthly things. Oh, why do we trouble ourselves in vain with all...
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Serviam
Jan 11, 20237 min read
Wounded by Love.
I feel illness as the love of Christ. I often say to Him: ‘My Christ, Your love knows no limits!’ How I am alive is a miracle. (Offered...
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Serviam
Jan 6, 20232 min read
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
Jan 4, 20231 min read
Ever Present Help.
Immanuel. God is with us. Wonderful Counselor. Lord of Life. Lord of All. Prince of Peace. Mighty God - Immanuel. St. Afanasy...
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Serviam
Dec 31, 20222 min read
The Luminous Eye.
The inner eye of the mind, or of the soul, functions by means of faith, in much the same way that the exterior, physical, eyes function...
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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
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
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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