Planned Parenthood to Pro-Life with Abby Johnson (A Former Director of Planned Parenthood)

Abortion is one of the most divisive issues in the United States and the most powerful advocate for abortion is Planned Parenthood. Abby Johnson went from being a clinic director for Planned Parenthood to an outspoken leader of the Pro-Life movement…

By myOCN, ago

Cheap Love

Elder Aimilianos Simonopetritis †   Like many, if not all, Elders on the Mountain, Elder Aimilianos was very loving towards those in his spiritual charge- in his case the monks at Simonos Petras and the nuns at Ormylia. But, to use a colloquial expression, ‘he took no prisoners’. A young Read more

By Pemptousia Partnership, ago

Don’t Turn Back

Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos   ‘You’ve ascended the ladder of renunciation; don’t turn back’ (Saint John of the Ladder). How many times, in the course of marriage or family life, are we troubled by the thought that perhaps we married the wrong person. Our mind goes to other loves and we Read more

Limit it

Saint John of Kronstadt   Don’t you dare scorn people because they’re sinners. And don’t be vindictive, because that will only worsen their wounds. Far better to advise them in such a way that they can either cease their wickedness or at least try and keep it within bounds. Source: Read more

By Pemptousia Partnership, ago