Words of Life
Joy rather than sorrow
Saint Arsenie Boca
16 April 2020
Struggle to live in such a way that at the hour of death you’ll have more...
Faith needs no skills
Saint John Chrysostom
15 April 2020
Faith needs obedience, not a variety of skills. When God commands, you ha...
Try and catch it
Abbess Makrina, Holy Monastery of Our Lady the Guide, Portaria
14 April 2020
Chase down ‘the prayer’ as much as possible, as if you were seeking a pea...
The result of prudence
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
13 April 2020
Keeping quiet is the result of a regal and noble upbringing. Those who kn...
Never be satisfied
Elder Efsevios Yannakakis
12 April 2020
Let us be insatiable as regards divine grace. May we never have our fill....
You have to duck
Saint Augustine of Hippo
11 April 2020
The door to the word of God is low down. If you want to enter, you either...
We should destroy them
Saint John the Damascan
10 April 2020
We shouldn’t harbor thoughts that are pleasing to the devil, but should d...
Bubbles and straw
Saint Nilos the Ascetic
9 April 2020
I call all the fine things of this world mere leaves, soap bubbles, smoke...
In the end, we’re all the same
Saint John of Kronstadt
8 April 2020
Love everyone, indiscriminately. Don’t think about whether they’re weak o...
You’re cut off
Saint Fotios the Great
7 April 2020
If you don’t have love within yourself, you’ve cut yourself off from ever...