Words of Life
Certain benefit
Elder Ephraim in Arizona †
13 February 2018
If God wants us to suffer, there’ll be some saving purpose behind it, whi...
We don’t have the right
Saint Symeon the New Theologian
12 February 2018
All believing Christians should be aware that Christ is in all other beli...
Not even to the gate
Saint Arsenie Boca
11 February 2018
God allows lots of unhappiness and disasters in the world so that those w...
You affect them
Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis
10 February 2018
Think well of others. With your prayers, and through Christ, you have a b...
To ward off trials and tribulations
Saint John of Kronstadt
9 February 2018
God allows punishment in order to head off approaching woes and to stop w...
It makes us feel abandoned
Abba Dorotheos
8 February 2018
Since we don’t deal with our wickednesses, since we don’t weep over our d...
The cause of many evils
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
7 February 2018
Pride is the most wicked passion and is the cause of many of our ills. It...
Strive and win
Saint John of Kronstadt
6 February 2018
Strive for your salvation all together, not each separately. Struggle, tr...
Actual and prudent
Saint - Saint Seraphim of Sarov
5 February 2018
If, out of love for God and a life of virtue, people aren’t overly concer...
It turns round and round about
Saint Nilos the Ascetic
4 February 2018
If you’re bound, you can’t run. Nor is a mind that works like a slave for...