Concerning calm and unceasing prayer the Lord said: “Take good care not to indulge in drunkenness and worldly cares.” ‘Stay awake and pray, lest temptation overcome you.’ “What […]
The History of the Cross
Today, beloved brothers and sisters, we mark a great feast, a great celebration: it is the Exaltation of the Precious Cross. This feast carries us off to Golgotha […]
Advice on Praying
Concerning calm and unceasing prayer the Lord said: “Take good care not to indulge in drunkenness and worldly cares.” “Stay awake and pray, lest temptation overcome you.” “What […]
Advice on Obedience
Concerning obedience the Lord said: “came down from heaven to do not what I want, but what the Father who sent me wants.” “Whoever loves father or mother […]
Regarding prayer – Elder Efraim of Arizona
Cry out the prayer without ceasing. May God grant you a blessed beginning! May it not abandon you, or rather, may you not abandon the prayer—the life of the soul, […]
Advice on Humility
Concerning humility the Lord said: “When you do all that God commands you, say that we are unworthy servants”:, “That which appears among men as worthy of honor, […]
Going to Church
God opposes the proud while He gives grace to the humble. The Pharisee in the parable did some good things. But he appears before God in a pharisaical, […]
A life of repentance is a life of continuous fighting
Many times, it happens to the fighting Christian man that he cannot defeat the “old man”. This is because he is so much imprisoned by his […]
Without the brick the dome falls
-Do you confess, do you go to confession? – I, Father, consider these things as formalities. – Ah, no! These are like the central brick of the dome, […]