The more I learn about Orthodoxy, the more I realize how long I’ve been living a life pretending to be a Christian.
St. Nektarios, when asked if he is a Christian:
“I try to be.”
This pierced me the first time I heard it. I’ve always paraded around with a pompous attitude about my faith. And the truth is, I never had an ounce of faith.
Lord Jesus Christ Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.
When the major cities in the West are being terrorized by leftist and Islamist mobs, this happened in New York City. More than 3,000 Catholics, including young people, peacefully processed through the streets of NYC, giving testimony to the Eucharistic Jesus.
Johannes Pfefferkorn, a Jewish convert to Christianity in 1505, began to expose Jewish blasphemies against Christ and the Theotokos in the Talmud. He believed it was the duty of all Christians to expel the Jews starting with the burning of all copies of the Babylonian Talmud. 🧵