O Merciful Father, the Fast that brings integrity has now almost run half its course. These past days have proved acceptable and now I see the need for the days to come. I beseech Your Son, Christ our Benefactor, who … Continue reading
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Eminence and Most Reverend Bishop! Reverend, Reverend Fathers and vysokoprepodobni! Dearly beloved in Christ brothers and sisters! Lent – a special period of the liturgical year, a spiritual awakening and cleaning. The Lord encourages us to attention and reflect on personal … Continue reading
O Merciful Father, because I have recognized my weaknesses and the misdeeds that have flowed from those weaknesses, I beg Your help. I know that I have, at times, enjoyed fleeting pleasures and found my treasure in the things of … Continue reading
O Compassionate Father, as I prepare to venerate Your Son’s Cross, help me to understand the great love that is expressed by it. Your Son voluntarily endured suffering and death because You know that we humans fear these to life … Continue reading
Help me, O my most loving God, to understand this prayer that the Church offers to You: Into an evil land I have wandered, prodigal that I am. The wealth You gave me, O compassionate Father, I have squandered in … Continue reading
The second rung on Climacus’ Divine Ladder of Ascent, is Detachment. This is closely allied to his first rung which, as I have shared, is Renunciation. While truly detachment involves letting go of our need for self-gratification, it is also … Continue reading
Almighty Lord, I know that it was through penance and mortification that your holy martyrs overcame the disorder of their burning passions and that during their lifetime they received Your help because they opened their hearts and minds to Your … Continue reading
Heavenly Father, as I begin this third week of the Fast, I beg the spiritual strength to sing hymns of praise to You so that I might complete this Fast in the spirit of joy. Help me to master my … Continue reading
On this second weekend of the Great Fast, the Gospel reading appointed is that of the cure of the paralytic at Capernaum. In this miracle story, Jesus approaches the healing in a different manner. The story states that When Jesus … Continue reading
As I have shared in this article, Holy Communion in the Eastern Church is still the same coming and presence, the same joy and burning of heart, the same transrational yet absolute knowledge that the Risen Lord makes Himself known … Continue reading