The secret of the Christian life is that even when you are deprived of everything you recognize as your religion, the entirety of God is always within you. Deep within, we find the communion that knows no physical form, but one that endures forever – Μεθ᾽ἡμῶν ὁ Θεός.
I am absolutely adoring listening go to the audiobook of this masterpiece. What are your favorite Orthodox Christian books? Besides of course the greatest book of all, The Holy Bible..
Tomorrow is the commencement of Triodion, the season of preparation for the Great and Holy Lent. It is a time of self-examination of our motives and intentions. May we find the truth about ourselves in the truth of God.
AGAPE
The most distinctively Christian form of love. Used by Christ to describe the love among the persons of the Trinity, it is also the love he commanded his followers to have for one another -totally selfless love,which seeks not one’s own advantage but only to benefit another
Regardless of the stress and strife that may surface in our celebrations, I pray that we can find a moment to be still and know that we worship an Almighty God, who entered His creation as a baby, born of the Virgin Mary. Glory to You O Lord.
Christ is Born! Glorify Him! Let us meet him in his newborn Humanity today as he enters our daily reality, full of brokenness, impoverishment, and doubt. He is the Word and Wisdom of God Incarnate for our salvation!
On this Christmas Eve, as we remember how the Lord of Glory most humbly entered our fallen world in Bethlehem, let us embrace all the families of the world in their suffering and share the love of Christ.
Jesus was laid in a food trough in a barn because the inn was full.
We repeat this story daily, don’t we? We push Jesus to the margins as we prioritize ethnic loyalty, politics, money, empty diversions, & silly disputes.
Don’t let this be the way we make every day Christmas.
When we read the Scripture, do we understand what we are reading? The humility of the Ethiopian Eunuch teaches us, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” Turn to the Church to open the meaning of the Scriptures.