The presence of the passion of avarice reveals itself when a person enjoys receiving but resents having to give. -- St. Maximos the Confessor … [Read more...]
Love scatters money
May 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The lover of money sneers at the Gospel, and is a willful transgressor. He who has attained to love scatters his money. But he who says that he lives for love and for money has deceived himself. -- … [Read more...]
pretext of almsgiving, hatred of the poor
May 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The beginning of love of money is the pretext of almsgiving, and the end of it is hatred of the poor. So long as he is collecting he is charitable, but when the money is in hand he tightens his grip. … [Read more...]
Christ is reaching to us with the hand of the Poor.
May 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Thus ought we ever to exercise hospitality by our own personal exertions, that we may be sanctified, and our hands be blessed. And if you give to the poor, disdain not yourself to give it, for it is … [Read more...]
What ascesis means for alms
January 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment
"The bodies of fellow human beings must be treated with greater care than our own. Christian love teaches us to give our brethren not only spiritual gifts, but material gifts as well. Even our last … [Read more...]
Let there be no dichotomy
January 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment
"Do you wish to honor the Body of the Savior? Do not despise it when it is naked. Do not honor it in church with silk vestments while outside it is naked and numb with cold. He who said, “This is my … [Read more...]
Orphans & True Religion
January 20, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Every year hundreds of teenagers leave the orphanages of Saint Petersburg. Within a year a third will be in prison, a fifth will be homeless and a tenth will have committed suicide. - [St. Gregory's … [Read more...]
The face of the poor is the face of Christ
December 5, 2007 By Leave a Comment
"He that has pity upon the poor lends to the Lord, and that which he has given He will pay him again." - Proverbs 19: 17 … [Read more...]
