-
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.”
-
A Single Moment and Paradise
Read more: A Single Moment and ParadiseDuring Holy Week, one of my favorite hymns in the Church is the Wise Thief (the Exapostelarion of Holy Friday). It recalls the thief, crucified on Christ’s right hand, who repents and finds paradise “in a single moment.” It demonstrates the fullness of God’s love who would take the repentance of a single moment and […]
-
I Don’t Know Anything About That
Read more: I Don’t Know Anything About ThatA Hermit advised, “If someone speaks to you about a controversy, do not argue with him. If what he says makes sense, say, ‘Yes.’ If his comments are misguided, say, ‘I don’t know anything about that.’ If you refuse to dispute with his ideas, your mind will be at peace. For years I knew a […]
-
St. Nikolai Velimirovich – Prayers By the Lake
Read more: St. Nikolai Velimirovich – Prayers By the LakeThis video contains text from Prayers by the Lake by St. Nikolai of Zicha, a contemporary Serbian saint. May God grant our hearts to hear them.
-
The Unexplored Landscape
Read more: The Unexplored LandscapeLike the Kingdom of God itself, the landscape of the human heart (considered spiritually) remains largely unchartered territory and beyond the easy access of most people. Our culture uses the language of “heart” quite easily, but means by it something emotional, something psychological and not at all in the sense it is used in either […]
-
The Praying Mind
Read more: The Praying MindThe praying mind does not think – does not reason – but lives. Its activity consists, not in the manipulation of abstract concepts but in participation in being. The truly praying mind has to do with categories different in quality from those of rational reflection. It is concerned, not with intellectual categories but with actual […]
-
Spiritual Fatherhood
Read more: Spiritual FatherhoodI am the father of five children, four who are living and one who has gone to his rest. The oldest of my children is now 27, soon to be 28, and, by God’s grace, soon to give birth to my first grandchild. God is truly gracious. Closely related to this is the notion of […]
-
Orthodox Serbian Monasteries in Kosovo
Read more: Orthodox Serbian Monasteries in KosovoThis is a beautiful sharing from the heart of the earliest Serbian Orthodox homeland.
-
The Truth of Ourselves
Read more: The Truth of OurselvesAbba Poemen believed that the only time you could observe a person’s true character was when that person was tempted. From the Sayings of the Desert Fathers There is obvious wisdom in the saying about Abba Poemen: it is not our strengths that best define us, but our weaknesses. In our culture, where virtual reality […]
Subscribe to blog via email
Support the work
Your generous support for Glory to God for All Things will help maintain and expand the work of Fr. Stephen. This ministry continues to grow and your help is important. Thank you for your prayers and encouragement!
Latest Comments
“The repentance of sins is never anything less than resurrection from the dead.“ Thank you for these words- they have…
Gé, What you quote from Teresa of Avila is not unlike some of the thought in St. Gregory of Nyssa.
Simon, Go for it! I’ll be interested to see what you do.
Bonnie, Timeless wisdom! Love it!
Read my books
Listen to my podcast
Please Read
Categories
Archives
Fr. Stephen, ‘’ O Lord Almighty, God of hosts and of all flesh, Who dwellest on high and lookest down…