We encounter in Christian history, any number of holy people, faced with their own illnesses or the illnesses of those in their care, who...

Complete trust in God. That's what holy humility is. Complete obedience to God, without protest, without reaction, even when some...

How many times have we heard this from others and also said it ourselves? It is true: All we can do is pray - but that is not how this...

Make a firm resolution to do everything for the Lord, to receive everything from His Fatherly Hand, and make a special resolution to do...

My will. Your will. God's Will. In general, do not become irritated when anything is not done in accordance with your will, but learn...

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...

When over the gloomy and deep abyss of grief, sorrows suddenly open before us - carry on up - on the wings of faith! Saint Ignatius...

Terrible is the approach of death to people who are passionate, sinful and weak, who have not tried to live blamelessly in this vain...

It is clear that healing itself, while resulting from natural processes, actually comes from God. Dr. Jean-Claude Larchet St. Theophilus...

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...

Among all the attitudes recommended by the Fathers in times of illness, patience and thanksgiving come first. St. John of Gaza goes so...

The sons of the world consider distraction to be innocent, but the Holy Fathers consider it to be the beginning of all evil. Saint...

Now is the time. Let your Light shine. I reflected upon the day my life will end and I groaned when I saw the multitude of my...

Everyone has a cross to carry. Elder Ephraim of Katounakia Every single person has a cross to carry. Why? Since the leader of our...

Do not resent. Do not react. Keep inner stillness. These three spiritual principles, or disciplines, are really a summation of the...

Do not resent. Do not react. Keep inner stillness. These three spiritual principles, or disciplines, are really a summation of the...

The answer to our anxiety is not drugs, alcohol, tranquilizers or psychiatric treatment. The anxieties of modern life are only symptoms...

Be at peace. Put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations. Do not look forward in fear to those changes and struggles in life, rather...

Even if we are bedridden, we are to continue the struggle against the passions, producing fruits worthy of repentance. This work of...

In the Eucharist, the baptized person receives Christ Who, in His Body and Blood, gives Himself entirely, not just as man, but also as...