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Learning From Jesus: Cultivating Peace Through Silence

All of us need time with others, time with our community, but also time to...

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June 12, 2025

Navigating The Noise: Embracing Silence In Modern Life

We have found it difficult to embrace silence, and yet times of silence are necessary...

February 2025

February 26, 2025

Faith in Action: Why Words Alone Aren’t Enough

Actions speak louder than words. We must do more than speak, telling people (and ourselves)...

September 2024

September 29, 2024

Translating The Truth Into Words

At the heart of the Christian faith is the teaching of the incarnation, and through...

January 2024

January 12, 2024

Wisdom And Silence

Most of us love attention. We love showing off. We want others to look up...

August 2022

August 24, 2022

We Should Make The World A Better Place

“Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your...

March 2022

March 09, 2022

Know When To Speak And When To Be Silent

We live in a foolish era; everyone likes to speak, giving their opinion to everything,...

December 2021

December 15, 2021

Thoughts And Silence

When at church, or when we are meditating at home, all kinds of stray thoughts...

January 2020

January 02, 2020

To Acquire the Holy Spirit: The Message of St. Seraphim of Sarov

One of the most beloved Russian saints of modern times is St. Seraphim of Sarov....

February 2019

February 11, 2019

Learn From Silence

While St Moses the Black became one of the great monks of the Scetis, looking...

December 2018

December 17, 2018

Mystical Theology of Dionysius: Transcendental God-Talk. Conclusion. Part Five.

In the Mystical Theology, Dionysius taught us about our apprehension of the truth, reminding us...

December 10, 2018

Mystical Theology of Dionysius: Transcendental God-Talk. Conclusion. Part Four.

Kataphatic theology, when done right, offers up an approximation for the absolute truth by rendering...

March 2018

March 12, 2018

Mystical Theology of Dionysius: Transcendental God-Talk. Chapter One. Section Three. Part Two.

He seems to me to have comprehended this supernaturally, that the good Cause of all...

March 05, 2018

Mystical Theology of Dionysius: Transcendental God-Talk. Chapter One. Section Three. Part One.

SECTION III. Thus, then, the divine Bartholomew says that Theology is much and least, and...

February 2018

February 26, 2018

Mystical Theology of Dionysius: Transcendental God-Talk. Chapter One. Section Two. Part Two

But, if the Divine initiations are above such, what would any one say respecting those...

February 12, 2018

Mystical Theology of Dionysius: Transcendental God-Talk. Chapter One. Section One. Part Two.

This then be my prayer; but thou, O dear Timothy, by thy persistent commerce with...

February 02, 2018

Silence and Love Allow the Son and Spirit To Take Us To the Father

For centuries, Christians have long discussed the Trinity. We usually give a simple formula to...

January 2018

January 17, 2018

Lose Yourself in Prayer

And so that you might see the disposition that is associated with true prayer, I...

December 2017

December 18, 2017

The Good Of Prayer

A brother asked Abba Poemen, saying, ‘Is it good to pray?’ The old man said...

September 2017

September 18, 2017

Preaching Through Silence

Patriarch Theophilus of Alexandria, uncle and predecessor to St. Cyril of Alexandria, had a rather...

August 2017

August 18, 2017

We Must Have Times For Community and Times For Silence

Abba Anthony once went to visit Abba Amoun in Mount Nitria and when they met,...

August 04, 2017

Join In With The Light: A Reflection On The Transfiguration

Thou wast transfigured on the mount, O Christ God,/ revealing Thy glory to Thy disciples...

June 2017

June 28, 2017

To Say God, We Must Unsay God

It is one thing to speak about God, it is another thing to speak correctly...

June 20, 2017

In Silence, Love Remains

Silence. In our active, daily lives, we should find time to slow down and embrace...

May 2017

May 17, 2017

The Oneness In Silence Is Greater Than The Dualism In Words

Three Fathers used to go and visit blessed Anthony every year and two of them...

May 01, 2017

Even In Silence, There Will Be Temptation

He said also, "He who wishes to live in solitude in the desert is delivered...

March 2017

March 27, 2017

The Spiritual Life

Christianity is meant to be more than beliefs about God and the world, but a...

March 09, 2017

Reflection For The Second Sunday of Lent (St Gregory Palamas Sunday)

And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was...

February 2017

February 15, 2017

Close Your Mouth To Empty Yourself

Abba Pambo asked Abba Anthony, "What ought I to do?" and the old man said...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

Ossius of Cordova and Silence: Christ Can Even Save The Broken

St. Ossius of Cordova was one of the more influential and well respected bishop-confessors at...

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