Tag: Instruction For Life
The Benefits of Spiritual Reading
Reading, in general, gathers the mind from its wandering and leads it to concentrate on the subject of the reading. When the topic of...
The Purity Of Thought
A chaste and pure person should be pure in body and soul, in his thoughts, senses, feelings, and even in his dreams and imagination....
Love, Liberty & Lies
“Love God, and do whatever you will”
- St Augustine
This brief quote from one of the most eloquent Christians in history is a profound description...
Necessity of Trials in Attaining the Goal
I know that you are heartbroken, stricken with trials, but if you endure nobly, you will possess joy. If trials do not come to...
A Gospel Motivation For The Monastic Life
“I suggest that, given what we know of the social tensions in Roman Egypt, the presence of an emerging culture of asceticism, and the...
Christian Behaviour According to St. Pope Kyrollos VI
Christian Behaviour: according to the Saint Pope Kyrollos the Sixth, is a great little book that captures the spirituality of this great saint, not...
St. Macarius The Great
Saint Macarius (which means blessed) the Great was born in the year 295, in a village named Shabsheer, to pious Christian parents; Abraham, who...
What The Desert Fathers Meant By “Being Saved”
Most of the Apophthegmata Patrum are in the form of question and answer, a clear indication of their didactic purpose: a junior “brother" approaches...
Create A Pure Heart In Me O God
Among the many themes that St John Cassian discusses with the desert fathers in his conference, is the theme of the attaining the purity...
I Sleep But My Heart Is Awake
“I sleep, but my heart is awake; it is the voice of my beloved! He knocks, saying, “Open for me, my sister, my love,...
