POOR IN SPIRIT
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Mt 5:3) Like all of humanity, I am, by nature, “poor in (my own)...
PRAYING IN PEACE
“In peace let us pray to the Lord.” (Beginning of the Great Litany of Byzantine Liturgy) This is the first petition, at the very...
ADDICTIONS
“‘All things are permissible for me,’ but not all things are beneficial. ‘All things are permissible for me,’ but I will not be...
HIS CLOTHING, MY CLOTHING
“Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now...
ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
“And whenever you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your...
A FREE SPIRIT
“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, one cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the...
SECRET REWARDS
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that...
RIGHT BEING vs. BEING RIGHT
“...and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother...
SUIT UP AND SHOW UP
“Just after daybreak, Jesus stood on the beach; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, ‘Children, you have...
PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS
“Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you…” (2 Thess 3: 1)...
