The Lord wishes to come to our hearts through the Holy Spirit. And for this miracle to happen, He always expects us to respond just like the Virgin […]
Category: Spiritual Life
Thomas Sunday
(John. 20, 19-29) “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe” Christ works with many Christians just as he did with Thomas: He shows condescension […]
Christ: the never-setting noetic Sun
Since Christ’s birth – within a span of millennia – major historical events have taken place. Great men have come and gone: philosophers, rhetoricians, kings, and emperors, each of which […]
A beautiful prayer
My Lord, I feel that I have sinned a lot. You called me, you baptized me, you gave me the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and I paid no […]
We have to rely upon God’s love
Each and every one of us should do serious work in themselves to find out where they make conces- sions, what they succumb to, to what extent […]
A short prayer
I kiss you, Father and Creator! I am caressed by Your love. In every fruit of the earth, in every grain of wheat, in every crumb of bread, I […]
Elder Efraim of Arizona : War against the devil
My children, with a complete sacrifice of our self-will and desires we must declare war against the devil, the world, and our evil tendencies and weaknesses. The “old man” 1 […]
The Jesus Prayer
The Jesus Prayer is a constant uninterrupted calling upon the divine name of Jesus with the lips, with the mind, with the heart, while at the same time a […]
Show faith, show trust
We can’t expect to see the light of God unless we are seized by the reality that God exists, that ev- erything is His and that we are His […]
Let us humble ourselves like Christ – Elder Efraim of Arizona
Humility is a wonderful virtue, which makes fragrant the one who has it. He who has humility also has obedience, love, patience, and every virtue. When we get angry, or […]
