Category Archives: Humility
Recognize your shortcomings for harmony
Once upon a time, there was a Soldier deeply in touch with his own heart. One day in the course of his military service in the company’s quarters, he came across a fellow soldier due for discharge who was sitting … Continue reading
When Men Forsake God, Tyranny always Follows
April 3, 2013 By Fr. John Peck by Chris Banescu Sic semper tyrannis. “But if I were asked today to formulate as concisely as possible the main cause of the ruinous Revolution that swallowed up some sixty million of our people, I … Continue reading
self righteous indignation
Why are you concerned about your opinions? I do not like this…, “Why is it like this? Why did he tell it like this? I would have told it better. Why did he do that? Etc.. These are the biggest … Continue reading
The Healing of the Paralytic and the Loneliness of Modern Man
Fr. George Calciu Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for … Continue reading
Broken and Humbled
Up to a certain point, our salvation depends on us. It is up to us to say “yes” to Christ, so that He will have the right to enter into our lives and bring about our resurrection. But because man … Continue reading
please Man or please God
Love for God, Who verily sends His blessing upon us, liberates the soul from extraneous pressure. The one imperative is to preserve this loving tie with God. We shall not care what people think of us, or how they treat … Continue reading
EXHORTATIONS TO PRAYER, HUMILITY
And pray without ceasing in behalf of other men. For there is in them hope of repentance that they may attain to God, that they be instructed by your works, if in no other way. Be ye meek in response … Continue reading
When science stops- Scripture begins
Once there was a story of a professor of astronomy who was enthusiastically discoursing in a planetarium on the nebulae and like marvels. Noticing an unpretentious priest who had joined his group of students, the professor asked him: ‘What do … Continue reading
To cover or expose our nakedness
The feeling of spiritual nakedness is the most critical moment in our lives, because at this point one of two things will happen: either we will get up and get dressed or we’ll remain naked. In other words, we’ll either … Continue reading
Godliness for healing
The healing of ‘spirit’ may be exemplified by St. Gregory of Nyssa, who said that curing the spirit is acquired by Godliness by those who gaze upon the Cross of Jesus, as the Israelites gazed on the staff of Moses: … Continue reading
Semto Mechal 