9 September 2018

On Christian Humility

Behold, this is the true and the Christian humility. In this you
will be able to achieve victory over every vice, by attributing to
God rather than to yourself the fact that you have won.


                                                                            St. Martin of Braga

16 August 2018

On Our Heart's Desire

Whatever you may be seeking, seek it with all your strength, but do not
expect your own search and efforts to bear fruit of themselves. Put
your trust in the Lord, ascribing nothing to yourself, and He will give
you your heart’s desire.

                                                                               Saint Theophan the Recluse

15 August 2018

Sermon on the Nativity of Jesus Christ

And the Word became flesh!…in order to make us earthly beings into
heavenly ones, in order to make sinners into saints; in order to raise
us up from corruption into incorruption, from earth to heaven; from
enslavement to sin and the devil – into the glorious freedom of children
of God; from death – into immortality, in order to make us sons of God
and to seat us together with Him upon the Throne as His royal children.
O, boundless compassion of God! O, inexpressible wisdom of God! O,
great wonder, astounding not only the human mind, but the angelic
[mind] as well!”

                                                                                  St. John of Kronstadt

9 August 2018

On Examining Our Own Weaknesses

You will never be an inwardly religious and devout man unless you
pass over in silence the shortcomings of your fellow men, and diligently
examine your own weaknesses.


                                                                              — Thomas à Kempis

4 August 2018
 
Companions on the Journey

If a man and a woman marry in order to be companions on the
journey to heaven, then their union will bring them great joy.


                                                                           St. John Chrysostom

15 July 2018

Prayer of Saint Teresa of Ávila

Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things are passing away:
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things
Whoever has God lacks nothing;
God alone suffices.

                                       -- St. Teresa of Avila

24 June 2018

Collect for the Nativity of St. John the Baptist

O Lord God, heavenly Father, who through Your servant Saint John the
Baptist did bear witness that Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God who takes
away the sin of the world, and that all who believe in Him shall inherit
eternal life, we humbly implore You to enlighten us by Your Holy Spirit
that we may at all times find comfort and joy in this witness, continue
steadfast in the true faith, and at last with all believers attain unto eternal
life; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and
reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.