Choosing to Thrive in My Circumstances Part VIII Choose Patience: The First Characteristic of Love Image by Samuel F. Johanns from Pixabay Proverbs 14:17 A man of quick temper acts foolishly, but a man of discretion is patient. In the last reflection, we discussed choosing love. In I Corinthians 13, a chapter that
Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis The consistency of the pattern in Christ’s life is a challenge for the rational thinking of people in the world and a reversal of everything they hold to be a constant. Why? Because, having expunged God from their life, they seek comfort, complete acceptance by others,
Choosing to thrive in my circumstances Part VII Choose Love, the Mark of a Christian Image by James Chan from Pixabay John 13:35-35 Jesus said to His disciples,“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one
Saint Amfilokhios Makris You should always call Christ to mind, with love. We might be holding a photograph of someone but, because we don’t know them well, we don’t love them, it doesn’t move us. When you hold a photograph of your mother, though, your soul immediately leaps and
Feast Day Epistles & Gospels Feast of St. Luke the Evangelist St. Luke the Evangelist: A Truly Well-Rounded Man “St. Luke the Evangelist” by Fr. Matthew Garrett Gospel for the Feast of St. Luke the Evangelist Luke 10:16-21 The Lord said to his disciples, “He who hears you hears me,
Imagine you have a bag of candy, your favorite kind. Let’s say a friend comes along, and you happily share with him or her. But now let’s say you have a bag of candy, and your parents force you to share with somebody. It doesn’t feel so good, does it?
Archbishop Lazar Puhalo It has become a commonplace of for critics to suggest doubts about the authorship of Luke’s Gospel and the Book of Acts. Such doubts are, however, clearly unfounded. The evidence is conclusive that both treatises were written by a physician, and Luke was “the beloved physician”
Feast Day Epistles & Gospels Feast of St. Luke the Evangelist Some Wise Words from a Wise Man “St Luke Icon” and “St Paul Icon” by Monastery Icons Epistle for the Feast of St. Luke the Evangelist Colossians 4:5-11, 14-18 Brethren, conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the
Fr. Andreas Agathokleous The ‘forgive me’ which comes from a heart in pain over a mistake breaks down the hard wall of remoteness, of animosity, and unites that which was divided. This is why it’s neither easy nor painless. Because the easy and painless ‘forgive me’, expressed as a
Sunday Epistles & Gospels Sunday of the Seventh Ecumenical Council The Parable of the Sower “Parable of the Sower” by Fikos, 2006. The Parable of the Sower Gospel Reading for the Sunday of the Seventh Ecumenical Council Luke 8:5-15 Jesus said this parable, “A sower went out to sow his
Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos ‘When our conscience tells us to do something and we ignore it, and when it then tells us to do something else and we don’t do it, we steadily and relentlessly stamp upon it; we bury it and it can’t shout aloud within us any more,
Sunday Epistles & Gospels Sunday of the Seventh Ecumenical Council Focus on What is Good and Profitable, Not What is Stupid and Controversial EPISTLE FOR THE SUNDAY OF THE SEVENTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL TITUS 3:8-15 Titus, my son, the saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so