“Love shares the good with another not by dividing it with him, but by identifying itself with him so that his good becomes my own.” Thomas Merton, No Man is an Island Every year during Great Lent, as I am…

“But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face…” Matthew 6:17 (After many inquiries about this year’s first Presanctified Liturgy pot-luck dinner reading, the following is adapted from the Homily of St. Nikolai Velimirovic on the Gospel of…

“This is the cause of all evils, the not knowing the Scriptures.” St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on Colossians Every facet of the Orthodox Church is founded, whether explicitly or implicitly, on the Holy and Eternal Word of God. The Scripture…

“Experience shows us that physical hunger can sometimes nourish the soul. The clearest proof of this is fasting. A fully-satisfied body generally denotes a completely empty soul. He who fasts nourishes his soul. The more a man accustoms himself to…

“But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself” C.S.…