Concentrate…
If we would concentrate on divine truth as seen in Christ, all need for a stream of words disappears, until finally the mind enters the realm of profound silence.
- Archimandrite Sophrony
Please pray for me!
Christ is Risen! <3
If you could please keep me in your prayers tonight (or this morning/midday/afternoon - it depends on your country!) it could be really amazing. I know you all have your personal life and problems, but if you could spend some seconds to pray for me it could be so great!
In the past have witnessed how many miracles our prayers can do if we pray united, as one, so even a “Lord help and support this girl behind this blog” could be enough for me, not to mention how big help would be if you could pray a prayer rope/rosary for me. I need enlightment and support in order to face a difficult situation. If you could also ask the intercessions and support of Virgin Mary, St. Archangel Michael, St. Elizabeth the New Martyr, St. Phanourios, St. Xenia, St. Nektarios, Ss Constantine and Helen, Saint Raphael of Lesvos and all the Holy Apostles could be awesome.
Thank you in advance and God bless you!
Christ is Risen!
Imma just keep saying it for the next 40 days
(via Facebook)
A message from thesahel
When I open up your blog, my heart fills with warmth and my mind stops racing and my soul is happy. Thank you. Love, Christiana - a struggling Orthodox Christian in California
Hello dear Christiana! <3 Christ is Risen!
Thank you so much for your amazingly gentle message! I am happy that you like my blog <3 <3
May God bless you and yours!
This is the alpha and the omega
This is the alpha and the omega. This is the beginning and the end–an indescribable beginning and an incomprehensible end. This is the Christ. This is the king. This is Jesus. This is the general. This is the Lord. This is the one who rose up from the dead. This is the one who sits at the right hand of the Father. He bears the Father and is borne by the Father, to whom be the glory and the power forever. Amen.
- St. Melito of Sardis, On Pascha
On reading the Bible simply as a set of instructions
The Scripture is nothing other than instruction on how to receive Heavenly Grace. But if we simply read a set of instructions and do not try to, let us say, put a bookcase together or use a computer program, the set of instructions will remain unmastered and will be soon forgotten… And vice versa, those who attend the Sunday Divine Liturgy and then read the Scripture at home will comprehend meaning in it that they would never have comprehended otherwise.
- Priest-Martyr Daniel Sysoyev
A message from Anonymous
Greetings again from your Macedonian Orthodox sister down under! I would like to share that I so happily lite a candle in church for you. For health & wisdom to serve you well, for your sins to be forgiven & your salvation. I don't wish for this message to be taken as me requesting praise or to be rewarded, merely because I want you to know that you are in my thoughts & prayers! If we receive rewards for our alms giving here on earth, the good we do is not then aknowledged in Gods Kingdom! Bless
Hello my sweet friend,
Thank you SO much that you light a candle for me! Even though I don’t know who are you, I love you very much like a true sister/brother in Christ. Your prayers are like a balsam in my soul, so thank you so much!
Christ is Risen! Христос воскресна!
Have mercy on me!
When bad thoughts are planted in you, then cry to God: “Lord, my Maker and Creator. You see that my soul is in agony from bad thoughts. Have mercy on me.” Teach yourself to root out thoughts immediately. But when you forget and don’t root them out immediately, then offer repentance. Work on this, so that you get a habit.
- St. Silouan
Whoever has known the love of God…
Whoever has known the love of God loves the whole world and never murmurs against his fate, for the burden of sorrow for the sake of God gains eternal joy.
- St. Silouan the Athonite
No earthly pleasures…
No earthly pleasures, no kingdoms of this world can benefit me in any way. I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
-Saint Ignatius of Antioch
Don’t be deceived…
Don’t be deceived regarding the knowledge of what will be after your death: what you sow here, you will reap there. After leaving here, no one can make progress. Here is the work, there the reward; here the struggle, there the crowns.
- St. Barsanuphius the Great, Instructions
Memory Eternal!
My dear friend rpeeze informed me that Fr. Michael Rosco passed into eternal life this morning. Please continue to keep Pani Susan, Vlad, and the rest of the family in your prayers to give them strength during this trying time.
Thank you all for praying for Fr. Michael Rosco. Please continue keep him in your prayers, that God will rest his soul where there is no pain, nor sorrow, nor suffering, but life everlasting.
Memory Eternal Father Michael!
The only thing that I have is my Savior
Will I be saved or not? Am I living in a way that is pleasing to God, or not? Am I acting according to God’s righteousness? I do not know. God alone knows whether He forgives my sins, or not; whether He will call me to be with Him and will write my name in the Book of Life, or not. What can I say, a wretched sinner who has nothing? The only thing that I have is my Savior, my God, my Joy; I have nothing else in this life. God the Angels, the soul - this is the only reality unto the ages of ages. Amen.
- From the book “Reflections of a Humble Heart”
