"Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, 'Jacob, Jacob!' And he said, 'Here I am.' So He said, 'I am God, the God of…
How swiftly Holy Week approaches! Just days away from the end of Great Lent and the beginning of our daily walk with Christ during His final hours before He enters…
Today, we continue to approach Holy Week by examining the life of St. Jacob the patriarch.
Jacob's life continued to be complicated by his tendencies toward deception, and because of this…
In less than 7 days we will enter Holy Week; a time of intensified fasting and prayer and preparation for Pascha. It is never too late to start. It is…
It has been said that true veneration is the stepping stone to true adoration.
Let's unpack this insight. The wisdom of the faith calls us to learn how to truly and…
From our reading today from the book of Genesis: "So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire…
The forgetting of wrongs is a sign of true repentance. But he who dwells on them and thinks that he is repenting is like a man who thinks he is…
Listen to St. Mark, the Ascetic: "If you wish to remember God unceasingly, do not reject as undeserved what happens to you, but patiently accept it as your due. For…
Tomorrow we remember St. John of the Ladder. You've all seen the icon of ASt. John's vision. The faithful are climbing to Christ, while the angels are assisting their climb,…
Wisdom is a hard won virtue. But the valuable lessons earned are absolutely filled with life and peace! Notice a section of our readings from Proverbs this morning: "The simple…