God Gives Us a Place in Heaven
Have you ever wondered what you’d do if you won a million dollars…or more? Would you keep most of it for yourself? Would you buy yourself lots of things you’ve always wanted? Or maybe, would you share some of it with others? In today’s epistle reading, Saint Paul tells us...
God’s Saving Mercy
Abbot Tryphon We are not compelled to love God, having been created with free will. God does not, nor can He, compel His creatures to love Him. Mutual love requires, by it’s very nature, freedom to either respond in love, or not. Yet when we respond to God’s love with...
Be the One Who Shows Mercy
Have you ever wondered how many times we say, “Lord, have mercy!” in the Liturgy? We say it almost 50 times! We say it so many times because we want God to hear us. We want God to forgive us, and keep us with Him even though we don’t always...
God’s Mercy
Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia ‘As you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me’. In the parables used by the Lord, He repeats the phrase ‘the kingdom of heaven is like… (Matth. 22,2) that is, He compares...
Undeserved Mercy
In his recent article on the Ladder, the blog of the Youth and Young Adult Ministries of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America, Christian Gonzalez puts the Gospel lesson of the Canaanite Woman in a new light. A lesson of humility He recounts the story of how he...
A Song for Mercy
It was in a simple church beneath a red mesa where my heart was softened to the tune of Have Mercy on Us – an old Christian Orthodox hymn sung every morning during Lent by monks at the Monastery of the Holy Archangel Michael in Cañones, New Mexico. Though there were...
Daily Devotion: By God’s Grace
Help me, O Lord my God! Save me according to thy steadfast love. Psalm 109:26 Good morning Prayer Team! Help us, save us, have mercy upon us, and protect us, O God, by Your grace. Concluding this opening set of petitions is a prayer that will be heard several times...
Daily Devotion: Sunday, August 16
Have mercy on us o Lord, have mercy on us, for we have had more than enough of contempt. Psalm 123:3 Good morning, Prayer Team! Lord have mercy. The ending of prayer is the word “Amen,” which means “may it be so.” “Petitions” are part of an extended “prayer.” ...
When We Find Ourselves on the Floor
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your merciful love. -Psalm 50:1 This psalm appears again and again in our worship, throughout the cycle of daily services, and in private prayer. Even when I hear just one line, the whole psalm comes flooding through my mind, along with the...
Σπλάχνα οικτηρμών
“Οσοι θέλουμε να πορευόμαστε στην ορθή ευαγγελική οδό πρέπει να αναλογιστούμε τον τρόπο της αντιμετώπισης του φαινομένου της αμαρτίας και των αμαρτωλών. Αυτός ο τρόπος βρίσκεται μέσα μας. Έτσι θα αποκτήσουμε σπλάχνα οικτηρμών για τους συναθρώπους μας και θα βιώνουμε την αληθινή αγάπη που είναι ο ίδιος ο Χριστός” _____________________________________________...
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