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Put your hope in God…
You may find yourself hampered by someone who sows tares of despondency. He tries to prevent you from climbing to such heights of holiness by discouraging you with various thoughts. For instance, he...
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A Guardian Angel…
A Guardian Angel is given to each person at the moment of his baptism. How should one guard the union of the soul with its Guardian Angel? He carries out his activity through the conscience and the...
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Partake of the Eucharist…
“…if we really yearn for eternal life, if we long to have the provider of immortality within ourselves, let us not abstain from the Eucharist like some of the more negligent, nor let us provide the...
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gentle hearts…
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be fearful of fame…
St. Anthony teaches: “Be fearful that you do not become famous because of some work that you do. If they begin to praise you because of your work, do not rejoice in that and do not find satisfaction...
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the presence of someone we love…
Dmitri Petrov’s Prayer of an Expectant Mother (2005) In the early steps of our life we need the presence of someone we love. As we advance, the One, God, fills us with His Love and Joy so much that...
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that your prayer be acceptable…
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divine love is tested by adversity…
Saint Macarius of Optina A respected woman came to the Monastery with an entirely good disposition and the desire to “seek Jesus,” that is, to acquire His love. This is very good and noble, but it...
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Do not lose courage…
Wisdom From Elder Ephraim of Philotheou: Do not be disheartened; do not lose courage. Sometimes the holy nurse — the grace of GOD — leaves us, and we fall into ridiculous and indecent thoughts, and...
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simple desires…
…simple desires, even when they are not sinful, are actually worse than the sinful ones. A sinful desire will shake a man at some point, and his conscience will bother him, and he will make an effort...
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do we radiate good or evil?
Priest & Cat by Rie Munoz (modern) Elder Thaddeus offers this observation: Everything, both good and evil, comes from our thoughts. Our thoughts become reality. Even today we can see that all of...
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The Demonic Stronghold: On the Characteristics of Pride
hat tip: Pravmir Priest Alexander Elchaninov (+1934) One of the foremost experts on the depths of the human spirit, St. Isaac the Syrian, says in his 41st homily: “The one who has come to a...
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Russian Orthodox Chant…
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two forms of injustice…
Geronda Paisios There are two forms of injustice: material and moral. Material is when we harm another person with regard to material things. Moral injustice is when the wrong is of a moral nature,...
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the spirit of discernment…
Ivan Aivazovsky ~ Rainbow -1848 I beseech you in the name of Jesus the Christ that God may give you the spirit of discernment…. Prepare yourselves while you have [heavenly] intercessors to pray to God...
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St Declan of Ardmore…
commemorated July 24 “If thou hast the right, O Erin, to a champion of battle to aid thee thou hast the head of a hundred thousand, Declan of Ardmore” (Martyrology of Oengus). First bishop of Ardmore...
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How will it be with us?
St John of Kronstadt How will it be with us in the future life, when everything that has gratified us in this world: riches, honors, food and drink, dress, beautifully furnished dwellings, and all...
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reprove, rebuke & exhort…
If you want, or rather intend, to take a splinter out of another person, then do not hack at it with a stick instead of a lancet, for you will only drive it in deeper. And this is a stick – rude...
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This is Salvation…
St Silouan of Mt Athos “Holy Relics are the earthly remains of those who have been taught by none other than Christ Himself to love their enemies even unto death, the death of the Cross, which is His...
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Panteleimon means all-merciful…
Nicola Roerich’s St Panteleimon the Healer (1916) Born in Nicomedia of a Christian mother, Eubula, and a pagan father, Eustorgius, he studied medicine as a young man. The priest Hermolaos befriended...
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