BEING BUILT TOGETHER
“Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,...
THE NEW IN THE OLD
“A childless woman gives birth to the Theotokos, the nourisher of our life!” (End of Kontakion or hymn of the Nativity of the Mother of...
SEEING HIM IN THE SACRAMENTS
“…As they (Luke and Cleopas) came near the village to which they were going (Emmaus), he walked ahead as if he were going on. But they...
DEMONS AND ANGELS
“The seventy (apostles) returned with joy, saying, ‘Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!’ He said to them, ‘I watched Satan...
CRIPPLING SELF-DOUBT
“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” (Gen 1:...
SELF-CENTERED FEAR
“The Lord is my light and my saviour-- whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defender of my life-- of whom shall I be afraid?” (Ps 26/27:1)...
EXTERNAL ORTHODOXY
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices--mint, dill and cumin. But you have...
CHASTITY vs. “WHOLE-MINDEDNESS”
“Grant me, Your servant, the spirit of chastity (σωφροσύνη, tselomudrie, whole-mindedness), humility, patience and love.” (Prayer of St....
THE REJECTED STONE
“Jesus said to them, ‘Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, this became the chief corner stone;...
GOD’S JUSTICE
“May our mouths be filled with Your praise, O Lord, that we may sing of Your glory. For You made us worthy to partake of Your holy,...
