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A Single Moment
Read more: A Single MomentGrushenka, a character in Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, relates a now-famous fable about an old woman: Once upon a time there was a woman, and she was wicked as wicked could be, and she died. And not one good deed was left behind her. The devils took her and threw her into the lake of […]
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What’s with the Kingdom of God?
Read more: What’s with the Kingdom of God?Thy Kingdom Come Blessed are You on the throne of the glory of Your Kingdom, seated upon the Cherubim; always, now and ever and unto ages of ages. It was You Who brought us from non-existence into being, and when we had fallen away You raised us up again, and did not cease to do […]
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The Erotic Language of Prayer
Read more: The Erotic Language of PrayerThe very heart of true prayer is desire, love. In the language of the Fathers this desire is called eros. Modern usage has corrupted the meaning of “erotic” to only mean sexual desire – but it is a profound word, without substitute in the language of the Church. I offer a quote from Dr. […]
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Before the Judgment Seat of Christ
Read more: Before the Judgment Seat of ChristFor a Christian ending to our life: painless, unashamed, and peaceful; and a good defense before the dread judgment seat of Christ, let us ask of the Lord. From my childhood, I have memories of the phrase, “Great White Throne of Judgment.” It comes complete with an abundance of frightening images and threats. It is […]
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Overcome Evil by Doing Good
Read more: Overcome Evil by Doing GoodDrawing on the Book of Proverbs, St. Paul offers a simple admonition to his readers: “…if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” (Romans 12:20) He then adds: Do not be overcome by evil, but […]
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Knowing the Knowledge that Transforms
Read more: Knowing the Knowledge that Transforms“If only I had known…” These are, not infrequently, the words of an apology. They are also an explanation of why we are sometimes the way we are. Ignorance is, in the mind of the Fathers, a major cause of sin. Of course, if sin is understood in a legal/forensic framework, then ignorance would be […]
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Praying for the World That Lives Within You
Read more: Praying for the World That Lives Within YouThis XXIX prayer of St. Nicholai of Zicha from Prayers by the Lake, echoes the kneeling prayers of Pentecost, or perhaps, the Prayer of Manasseh… The “collective” voice that characterizes its petitions echo St. Silouan’s prayers for the “Whole Adam.” In a time of trouble (such as our days), we do well to learn this […]
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Candlewax and Hedgehogs
Read more: Candlewax and HedgehogsCandlewax and Hedgehogs—a peculiar way to entitle an article, I’ll admit. But both have their associations with the second day of February. The first is more important so we’ll begin there. The second day of February is one of the 12 great feasts, and is also celebrated by Christians in the West. The feast is […]
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I mean, Margaret Sarah. Sorry about that.
Thanks, Margaret. Lewis says it so well. I know I’m far too easily pleased.
Owen, Your comments makes me think of CS Lewis in his address The Weight of Glory: “It would seem that…
Father, I agree about distractions. Apatheia is “inner freedom,” or “detachment.” Detaching from the distractions of “the world” is, somehow,…
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Father Stephen, Thank you for this. There’s much I resonate with here. You’re right: the modern myth of progress has…