Tag: spiritualty

  • The Possessed

    The Possessed

    Abdication of the Will “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten…

  • Untitled: F Diminished

    Untitled: F Diminished

    Clearing My Throat “Quite honestly, they seem to have been quite a different breed of men. In those days people seem to have been animated by one idea, but now they are much more nervous, more developed, more sensitive – they seem to be animated by two or three ideas at a time – modern…

  • The Flat Earth is Not What We Think

    The Flat Earth is Not What We Think

    On Conspiracies, Cosmology, and the Cross “Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord, Lord my God, as you were very great. You wore thanksgiving and dignity, Throwing off light as a garment, stretching the heavens as a cloak; The one who covers his upper parts with waters, The one who places clouds as his…

  • Under the Paschal Light pt. iii

    Under the Paschal Light pt. iii

    The Light, Calling from the Dark Part i Part ii Liturgy brings people together where each participates in a mutual self-offering, every joy and sorrow of the week recapitulated in the eternal self-giving of Christ, caught up in His Cross and Resurrection—eros and agape—glorifying Him glorified, and partaking of His glory by the Mysteries of…

  • Prelest or Life

    Prelest or Life

    Reflections on Luke 6:6-10 When Christ healed the man with the withered hand on the Sabbath, He asked, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?” (Luke 6:9). The hearts of the Pharisees, hardened by self-love and legalism, are unable to perceive the…

  • Revelation and Awareness

    Revelation and Awareness

    Reflections on Luke 5:8 The Trinity is revealed in Jesus Christ, bringing the fullness of healing to the world through the Incarnate Word, the true Healers and Lover of mankind. The Baptism of Christ points to the reality of His mission: to make all things new and restores man, reconciling him back to God through…

  • Wrath or Comfort

    Wrath or Comfort

    Reflections on Luke 4:25-29 Jesus Christ’s proclamation of His mission to bring deliverance and healing is met with astonishment and rejection in His hometown. This tension highlights humanity’s struggle to accept divine truth, a struggle that persists today. The God-man informs the people of the synagogue, “This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears”…

  • Living Stones

    Living Stones

    Reflections on Luke 3:7-8 St. John the Forerunner’s call to produce fruits worthy of repentance invites us to examine what this means in practice. To produce fruits worthy of repentance means to align our lives with God’s will, bearing witness to our faith through love and good works.   St. Paisios of Mount Athos offers…

  • Messiah or Mouthpiece? pt. v

    Messiah or Mouthpiece? pt. v

    Concerning Tolle, TAG, and true transformation “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” Where is the…