How to carry our cross
The enemy of God attacks in order to destroy the work of God, Christianity, to steal Christ – the life…
The enemy of God attacks in order to destroy the work of God, Christianity, to steal Christ – the life…
Holiness consists in the fact that we stand in the light every day and repent immediately of our self-will, stubbornness…
At Christmas, we commemorate the coming of Christ into this world. He was born as a defenceless Child for our…
During Christmas Mass, we wish to experience our encounter with Jesus. Let us realize again the Word of God especially…
The devil deceives us and we believe lies. The spirit of antichrist rules and changes the thinking to such extent…
We really need the Word of God. The mere letter of Scripture is not enough. We need the word of…
The whole world is undergoing a crisis of faith; we are witnesses to mass apostasy from Christianity. Thank God that…
“Pursue love.” We should pursue love, true love. Not love which is, in essence, apostasy from Christ and a compromise…
At Elijah’s word: “Lord, let fire come down from heaven”, fire came down and consumed the bull on Mount Carmel,…
Saint Augustine says: “Chastise me here, O God, and spare me the tortures (fire) of hell.” Lord, I want to be a holy egoist. I want to love myself truly and so I do not want to be in Purgatory for a single minute. If through chastising I will be saved from Purgatory, please chastise me. But I love my neighbours too. I do not even want my enemy to go to hell or Purgatory. If You want to purify him by Your fire through suffering, e.g. a disease, Your will be done. I love both myself and my neighbour, and I believe that the punishment which You will send on both me and him will save us. I want to be with him in heaven. This is pure love of enemies too. Jesus says: “Love your enemies.” It would be no love if I said: “Let them do what they want!” True love says: “Chastise them, O Lord, in order that they may be saved and not go to hell nor even to Purgatory if possible.” But we want this for ourselves first. And what we want for ourselves we also want for them – eternal life, true happiness – and this is in Christ. That is why we want others to have Him too. This is true love....
We have to be converted, to receive Jesus as our Saviour and Lord. We have to be renewed by the…
Before you stand before the judgment seat of God, do your best so as not to stand there with empty…
In suffering, we must stand in the faith and not groan. We must give thanks and praise the Lord, turn…
There are different forms of the cross. Today we have one cross, tomorrow we will have another. Through the cross…
It is necessary for the Orthodox priests to resolve to devote at least one and a half days a week…
The Emmaus disciples said to Jesus: “Lord, stay with us, the day is almost over.” The day of our life…