some quotes from fr alexander schmemann’s for the life of the world (courtesy of eric john at forty days in the desert): “To accept God’s world as a cosmic cemetery which is to be abolished and replaced by an ‘other world’ which looks like a cemetery (‘eternal rest’) and to call this religion, to live… Read More for the life of the world…
i was catching up on fr honeycutt’s blog and ran across these quotes by st isaac of nineveh. i’ll run the risk of sounding corny, but these quotes went straight to my soul. they were much needed: If you believe firmly that God cares for you, then you do not need to worry about the… Read More st issac is my favorite
“christianity is more than a theory about the universe, more than teachings written down on paper; it is a path along which we journey-in the deepest and richest sense, the way of life.” bishop kallistos ware-“the orthodox way”
If God the Word had not assumed human nature, He would have left it in darkness, “for what is not assumed is not healed” (St. Gregory the Theologian).
Bishop Kallistos Ware +++ Who am I? The answer is not at all obvious. My personhood as a human being ranges widely over space and time. And indeed it reaches out beyond space into infinity, and beyond time into eternity. Our human personhood is created, but it transcends the created order. As… Read More what is man?
by Mother Raphaela There are times when it seems as if we cannot truly love people and also love God. People have too many needs; they are too demanding. If one is called to love God with all of one?s heart, soul, and strength, what is there left over? Yet, reading the Scriptures and listening… Read More philanthropy: loving God by loving our neighbor
(Hat Tip: Christ Is In Our Midst!) by + Bishop Dimtri of the South The Great Fast (or Lent) begins with Forgiveness Vespers on Sunday evening, February 18. The purpose of Lent for Orthodox Christians, simply stated, is to recover the vision of Christ that was given to us when we first became children of… Read More the great fast…
HT: Into the Light metropolitan Anthony Bloom In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Time and again I have occasion to preach on the Parable of the Prodigal Son, on the story of the Publican and the Pharisee, and every time I notice how easy it is for me –… Read More the elder brother…
this goes out to scarlett: It is not always easy to speak of the Mother of God to Christians whose tradition may find little or no place for her in worship or in prayer. To begin by talking about the theology of the Incarnation leads quickly to the heart of the matter, but is likely… Read More Metropolitan Bloom on the Mother of God
“Deification, briefly, is the encompassing and fulfilment of all times and ages, and of all that exists in either. This encompassing and fulfilment is the union, in the person granted salvation, of his real authentic origin with his real authentic consummation. This union presupposes a transcending of all that by nature is essentially limited… Read More St Maximus the Confessor
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