Suffering Job
On both sides, beloved, reap the utmost gain, and avoid the imitation of Adam knowing how many ills are begotten of laziness and imitate the piety of Job, learning how many glorious things spring from earnestness....
True Love
Love is to be directed first to God If we wish to understand love in its true scriptural foundations, we must set before us (and understand) the following truth:Love should be directed to God, before anyone...
Communal Fasting & Worship
During these difficult days, we are increasingly called upon to worship as a community in the unity of Spirit, in one voice. What is communal worship, and how does it differ from individual worship? What is...
The Ninevites and Us
We may be shocked when we look at what happened in Nineveh. As soon as the king knew what had happened to Jonah, and heard his preaching, he rose from his throne, took off his royal...
The Nativity and Eternal Life
Eternal life appeared incarnate when Christ was born in Bethlehem. Eternal life was revealed and seen and touched, after it had been concealed in the Father. But what is the value of this eternal life...
The Nativity and Humility
The Son has invited us to learn humility from Him and said: “Learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart” (Matt. 11:29), and thus the most important thing that we learn from Him...
The Nativity of St John the Baptist
The Church observes the birth of John as in some way sacred; and you will not find any other of the great men of old whose birth we celebrate officially. We celebrate John’s,...
In The Wilderness
The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight the paths of our God . The prophecy makes clear that it is to be fulfilled, not in Jerusalem but in the wilderness. It...
THE DESERT FATHERS ON NOT JUDGING OTHERS
ISAAC THE THEBAN
One day Abba Isaac went to a monastery. He saw a brother committing a sin and he condemned him. When he returned to the desert, an angel of the Lord came...
Judging
If a person judges somebody he is willingly allowing himself to defame others and hurt them. If we know the reasons behind judging others, we will be able to find solutions to the problem.
Train yourself to honor and...
