God never gives you a Cross without first weighing and measuring it very carefully to make sure that the Cross will result in your...

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...

"...for I AM Holy..." Let us abandon ourselves in trust to the love of God When we surrender ourselves to Christ, our spiritual...

Jesus did not come to eliminate suffering. Rather, He transformed it. He endured His Cross so that we can endure ours. By the power of...

Almighty God, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, come to my help and deliver me from this difficulty that besets me. I believe...

It is a great good to give oneself up to the will of God. Then the Lord alone is in the soul. No other thought can enter in, and the soul...

The soul has to make a choice, and the outcome will either break it into pieces or enable it to sail to its destination in God....

The great public prayer of the Church for those who are ill is the Service of Holy Unction. This Service, is long and exceedingly rich in...

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...

Eternity. One must inherit it. We need patience. No one is as dangerous to us as we ourselves, so remain a servant of God in the short...

No matter where one lives on earth, trials must be endured. There is no escape from difficulty, pain and suffering. However, our...

"Earthly life—this brief period—is given to man by the mercy of the Creator in order that man may use it for his salvation, that is, for...

Fourth Sunday of Pascha: The Paralyzed Man. After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in...

It is later than you think. The truth is that the illnesses, afflictions and tribulations of Christians brings about the cleansing of...

In order to follow Christ, let us take up our cross. The taking up of our cross is called the willing pious submission to God’s judgment...

Is to bear all suffering. Whether it comes from nature, indolence, sins, or people. Elder Ephraim Since we desire to live a Christ-like...

...though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me... Surely goodness and mercy shall follow...

Eugene Rose, later Fr. Seraphim of Platina, wrote this pivotal passage in his journey from American born, protestant, spiritual seeker,...

Give me the best. Make me Holy. If you wonder 'Where should I start?' Perhaps right here. This post is a compilation of sayings that...

May the love of our heavenly Father be with your souls, so that being invigorated by it you may bear the fruit of obedience to His...