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True Knowledge of God
Read more: True Knowledge of GodThe Elder Sophrony made a strong distinction between the knowledge we gain by rational speculation and the knowledge of God that comes as a gift of grace. He used the term “dogmatic consciousness” to express the knowledge of God as found in the lives of the saints and great ascetics. It is not a contradiction […]
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Prayers By the Lake – I
Read more: Prayers By the Lake – ISaint Nicholai Velimirovich, of whom I have written before, is the author of the wonderful, Prayers By the Lake, which he composed on the shores of Lake Ochrid. They are a treasure of modern Orthodox verse. His first poem in the cycle reflects a sense of the creation as God’s own, rather than an inert […]
Beauty, Culture, Orthodox Blogs, Orthodox Christianity, Prayer, The Journey of Faith, The Sacraments
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Sacraments: The World as Mystery
Read more: Sacraments: The World as MysteryMy recent post on Pentecost and Evangelism occasioned several thoughtful responses. One of the responses seemed to me particularly worth further reflection. I start with an excerpt: Truly it is God we need and want, nothing less. I experienced in my heart, but didn’t realize in my head until I began to study Orthodoxy, that in […]
Culture, Knowledge of God, Liturgy, Orthodox Blogs, Orthodox Christianity, The Church, The Sacraments, Union with God
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Pentecost and Evangelism
Read more: Pentecost and EvangelismWe are told that on the Day of Pentecost, about 3,000 souls were added to the Church (Acts 2:41). This simple fact has for many linked the Day of Pentecost and the Gift of the Spirit to the Church to the process of evangelism. For many Christians in our culture, for whom evangelism has come […]
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Blessings on the Feast!
Read more: Blessings on the Feast!When He came down and confused the tongues, The Most High divided the nations; but when He distributed the tongues of fire, He called all people to unity. Therefore, with one voice we glorify the most-Holy Spirit. Kontakion of Pentecost Please forgive my absence from the blog for the last […]
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The Emptiness of Christ
Read more: The Emptiness of ChristSt. Paul speaks of Christ “emptying” Himself in His voluntary sacrifice for us all (Philippians 2:5-11). It is the only place in the New Testament that speaks of this particular action of Christ – at least as an “emptying” (kenosis) but the concept has always played a large role in the Church’s understanding of Christ’s […]
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“The Systematic Organization of Hatreds”
Read more: “The Systematic Organization of Hatreds”I normally do not comment on politics and do not plan to have discussions during this political season. However, I ran across a quote that makes a great deal of sense and certainly has bearing on the spiritual life. It is from Henry Adams’ novel Democracy: Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always […]
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For Want of a Nail
Read more: For Want of a NailAbba Zosimas would pick up small objects such as a nail, a short thread, and other valueless castoffs. He would ask, “Would you fight or argue over this? That would be insanity. Anyone who is making progress in God can think of the entire world as this nail, no matter how much of the world […]
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St. Silouan on Humility
Read more: St. Silouan on HumilityThe Staretz [St. Silouan] used to say that there was no end to the pretensions of pride. In his notes I found [this is written by Elder Sophrony] the following fable: A certain huntsman liked stalking the woods and fields for game. One day after he had been climbing up a steep hill for hours […]
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Concentration in Prayer
Read more: Concentration in PrayerBrother John Kilmakos said, “When you pray, forget how you may appear to others. Concentrate entirely on your prayer, withdrawing into your heart. Demons fear spiritual concentration more than thieves fear dogs.”
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