GOOD GRIEF
“For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death. For see what...
ONE SOURCE OF LIGHT, MANY CHANNELS
“You were transfigured on the mountain, O Christ God, / revealing Your glory to Your disciples as far as they could bear it. / Let Your...
RESENTMENT
“And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.” (Mt 6:12, from the Lord’s Prayer) I have heard many people...
TIME TO REFOCUS
“Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled,...
SERVING OTHERS IS HEALING
“So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?’ He said to him,...
A MYSTIFYING BEAUTY
“In giving birth you preserved your virginity, / In falling asleep you did not forsake the world, O Theotokos. / You were translated to...
THE WORD OF THE CROSS
“For Christ did not send me to baptize but to proclaim the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ might not be...
WATCHING MY WORDS
“Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.” (Ps 140/141:3) “O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare...
A NEW COVENANT
“…you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on...
A LIBERATING FEAR
“O Lord, hear my prayer, give ear unto my supplication in Your truth; hearken unto me in Your righteousness. And enter not into judgment...
