by St. Nikodemus the Hagiorite and St. Theophan the Recluse If you want to gain a speedy and easy victory over your enemies, brother, you must wage ceaseless and courageous war against all passion, … [Read more...]
Remembrance of wrongs
March 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Remembrance of wrongs comes as the final point of anger. It is a keeper of sins. It hates a just way of life. It is the ruin of virtues, the poison of the soul, a worm in the mind. it is the shame of … [Read more...]
The Bloodless Mode
February 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment
"Forget about all your weaknesses so that the adverse spirit does not realize what is going on and grab you and pin you down and cause you grief. Make no effort to free yourself from these … [Read more...]
True Escape
February 21, 2008 By Leave a Comment
"True escape from the world is for a person to know how to control his tongue, wherever he might be." - Abba Tithoes … [Read more...]
How passions are exterminated
February 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment
"The passions are exterminated by sorrow and suffering, either voluntary or sent by Providence." - St. Seraphim of Sarov … [Read more...]
Cowardice and Agitation
February 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Cowardice and agitation are born of unbelief; but as soon as the ascetic has recourse to faith, cowardice and agitation vanish, like the darkness of night before a rising sun. - St. Ignatius … [Read more...]
Patience
February 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment
At the present time many suicides are taking place, not only from disbelief, but also from lack of patience. They do not want to endure anything. If the Lord had not given men the natural desire to … [Read more...]
The Path Over Anger
February 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The beginning of freedom from anger is silence of the lips when the heart is agitated; the middle is silence of the thoughts when there is a mere disturbance of the soul; and the end is an … [Read more...]
Condemnation comes from Lacking Self Knowledge
January 31, 2008 By 1 Comment
"You cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun even to appear harsh in your treatment of each other. Joy, radiant joy, streams from the face of him who gives and kindles joy in the heart of him who … [Read more...]
Fierce Faith
January 20, 2008 By Leave a Comment
"Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong." - The Holy Apostle Paul to the Church at Rome … [Read more...]