by Protodeacon James Hughes As we approach Great Lent, the time given to us specifically for repentance (via the Canon of St. Andrew of Crete), the Church gives us a whole host of images to help us. St. John of Kronstadt teaches that: “Imagery or symbols are a necessity of human nature in our p … [Read more...]
When A Man Is Distant From God and Then Prays
by Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonIn His instruction on prayer, Jesus tells us,“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened” (Mt.7:7-8; Lk 11: … [Read more...]
“I Charge You in the Presence…”
Immediately after telling Timothy that"all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted..." (2 Timothy 3:12)St. Paul follows with this instruction to the new bishop.I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his … [Read more...]
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