-
In the Presence of God – Elder Sophrony
Read more: In the Presence of God – Elder SophronyDo not let the things of this world disperse your energy. Concentrate all your attention on, devote all your energy to, a life which coresponds to the spirit of the Gospel commandments.Let us keep control over our mind in the face of the distractions of the exterior world. Without ascetic effort, our mind will never […]
-
The Pity of God in Dostoevsky
Read more: The Pity of God in DostoevskyThe following passage is scandalous in the extent of its mercy. It is not in the canons – but in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. Perhaps I love it because many of the men I knew in my early life were more likeMarmaladov (the old drunk) than like others. But this passage has always been a favorite. Forgive […]
-
A Personal Salvation
Read more: A Personal SalvationPerhaps the most difficult theological truth to communicate in the modern world is that of personal existence. Modern English has taken the word person from the realm of theology and changed it into the cheapest coin of the realm. Today it means that which is private, merely individual. As such, it becomes synonymous not with […]
-
Work Out Your Salvation
Read more: Work Out Your Salvation…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling (Philippians 2:12) What does it mean to ‘work out our salvation’? It means that among all the things that we see in cosmic existence, we choose what is pleasing to God and separate ourselves from what goes against God. Then, little by little, we see our […]
-
The Importance of Waiting
Read more: The Importance of WaitingI took some time early this morning to look through a small devotional book on the Church year. It interested me that it looked at Christmas and Theophany, and then immediately went to Great Lent. It was as though these times of the year immediately abut one another. And of course they do, to a […]
-
What Are You Waiting For?
Read more: What Are You Waiting For?To a degree, it can be said that everybody is waiting for something. Some are waiting for their ship to come in. Some are waiting to win the lottery. Others are waiting to finish school. Some are waiting to die. This list could probably be made as long as the imagination could sustain. As I […]
-
A Few Things More
Read more: A Few Things MoreIt’s very easy in longer postings (such as the previous) to forget the closest things. Church is everything the Scriptures say of it, but we largely encounter Christ in a particular setting, among particular friends and family (sometimes). Thus, just as He gives Himself to us in His consecrated Body and Blood, so too, He […]
-
The Ecclesiology of the Cross
Read more: The Ecclesiology of the CrossThe following article is a series I wrote during the early months of the blog. I think it worth reprinting (surely people aren’t going back to read everything I’ve written). It is also available in the “Pages” section of the blog. If you’ve read it before I hope you enjoy rereading it – if not, […]
-
St. Isaac the Syrian and the Door of Heaven
Read more: St. Isaac the Syrian and the Door of HeavenBe at Peace with your own soul; then heaven and earth will be at peace with you. Enter eagerly into the treasure house that is within you, and so you will see the things that are in heaven; for there is one single door to them both. And another: If you do not strive, you […]
-
God and the Universe
Read more: God and the UniverseThe material and organic world is not a world of thought. Only man can think, knowing himself and everything that surrounds him. In our mind an entire ideal world is borne in which is reflected everything we know. But we see that the universe is filled with wisdom, that in acquiring the knowledge of the […]
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
What could it possibly mean for a metaphysical “nature” to be corruptible?
Thanks Fr. Stephen.
Matthew, I tend to think of it as a “straining” of union with God – and certainly confession is called…
Simon, I’m not sure on this – particularly the Conciliar part. There’s a book by Fr. John Meyendorff, published in…
Read my books
Listen to my podcast
Please Read
Categories
Archives
Simon, All that corruptible means is “subject to death” or “mortal.” “Phthora” is what a body does in the ground.…