Perhaps the most effective tactic adopted by the adversary of man’s salvation has been to blind man to the reality of the spiritual warfare being waged for possession of his soul. We have consequently be-come spiritually flabby & easy prey for the enemy. To escape such a perilous condition we would do well to contemplate [...]
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By St. Dimitri (1651-1709) Dear Brothers & Sisters! The Lord, Who abides in the heavens, wishing to appear on earth & abide with men, 1st prepared a dwelling place of His glory: His All-Pure Mother. For it is the custom of kings that in whatever city they desire to live, a place of residence be [...] I. The events recorded as happening after the Resurrection were intended to convince us of its truth Since the blessed & glorious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, whereby the Divine power in 3 days raised the true Temple of God, which the wickedness of the Jews had overthrown, the sacred 40 days, dearly-beloved, are today [...] Seven of the vices discussed in St. John Cassian’s On the Eight Vices are familiar to most Americans as “the Seven Deadly Sins”. The seventh in his list of eight is taught as a virtue in our schools. Here are St. John Cassian’s remarks ON SELF-ESTEEM Our seventh struggle is against the demon of [...] A brother asked Abba Sisoes, “Did Satan pursue them like this in the early days?” The old man said to him, “He does this more at the present time, because his time is nearly finished and he is enraged.” O Only Son of God, receive me into Your wisdom. You are the head of all the sons of men. You are their heavenly comprehension, illumination and jubilation. You are the One who thinks the same goodness in all men: the same thought and the same light. A man recognizes another man through You. A man [...] For an explanation of the present Feast & understanding of its truth, it is necessary for us to turn to the very start of today’s reading from the Gospel: “Now after 6 days Jesus took Peter, James & John, his brother, & led them up onto a high mountain by themselves” (Mt 17:1). |
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