How do I benefit from what I read?
Whoever reads much with meditation, exercises his spiritual senses for the intent that he finds an atmosphere for spiritual meditation in all subjects of his reading. He may come out with...
How do I convince my family and friend about my monastic calling?
When Moses asked Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go to the wilderness to worship their God, Pharaoh refused and even gave orders to his workers, “You...
A brother asked a certain Elder: How does one become foolish for the sake of Christ? The Elder replied to him:
There was a young boy in a monastery. He was given to an ascetic Elder to rear and...
Unfortunately St Shenouda , such a great saint and prolific author is still relatively unexamined by western historians of Christianity for several reasons.
First, St. Shenouda remains unmentioned in Greek and Latin writings about Egyptian monasticism.
Second, St. Shenouda has been...
Is Celibacy something you have to work hard to attain or is it a Gift from God?
Those who think that being celibate is merely a struggle on the part of the individual are wrong, no matter how holy that...
Tremendous, verily, is the mystery connected with thee, O virgin mother, thou spiritual throne, glorified and made worthy of God. Thou hast brought forth, before the eyes of those in heaven and earth, a pre-eminent wonder. And it is...
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. (Rom...
