Christ is Risen!!! Dearest Father John-Brian, I thank you for your holy prayers. I came already home from hospital 2 nights ago, and everything went very well....
When Abba Macarius was passing one time through the wadi to his cell, carrying some palm branches, the devil met him on the path with a scythe. He tried to...
Alexander, after conquering many kingdoms, was returning home. On the way, he fell ill and it took him to his death bed. With death staring him in his face,...
A Syriac Prayer O Thou Divine Comforter and Advocate, Spirit of Truth, Treasure-house of Goodness, and Fountain of Life. Thou who dost apportion gifts and give...
A Little Spiritual Help: FREEDOM IS THE TRANSCENDENT The biggest enemies of freedom are not always external; they are more often internal to the person as well...
Sentence five appears to be missing some words or having too many. It is jumbled in mid-sentence the way I read it. Fr. William ... From: rev john brian...
Dear Father: Thank you for correction. I do have one question. I thought comments were insightful but do not think I grasp intended meaning of the following...
Well, I cannot speak for the late Metropolitan Paulos Mar Gregorios (eternal memory!), but I will offer a possible explanation. First, his word choice ...
A Little Spiritual Help: GIFT AND ACCOMPLISHMENT I know that the beauty I aim at in the garden lies hidden within the innate potentiality of the earth and the...
There are various degrees of prayer. The first degree is bodily pryaer, consisting for the most part in reading, in standing, and in making prostrations. In...
Question: What is a man to do when the demon takes the form of an angel of light and tries to seduce him? Answer: In this case a man needs great power of...
The Divine Image by William Blake To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love All pray in their distress; And to these virtues of delight ...Return their thankfulness. For...
From Malankara SOC Discussion Forum http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SOCM-FORUM 9 Messages In This Digest 1. A portion of the Sermon about St. Mary's Dormition-...
What is the purpose of prayer? To make a link between prayer and mind, between mind and heart, between the power that thinks and the power that loves. So the...
Prayer is a relationship word; it can never be thought of in abstraction, isolated from others or from God. Unfortunately, we have reduced prayer to a private...
From: Sally Mahe There Is No Rush The theology of progress forces us to act before we are ready. We speak before we know what to say. We respond before we feel...
From: Jim Forest Having read Hannah Arendt's book about the trial in Jerusalem in 1961 of Adolph Eichmann, the chief bureaucrat of the Holocaust, Merton was ...
Spiritually Minded Cross Messages "To be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace." Romans 8:6 Fr John Brian uses the timing of...
Giving thanks helps your psychological outlook BY SETH BORENSTEIN The Associated Press Published: November 22, 2011 06:58PM Updated: November 23, 2011 04:33PM ...
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh: "our neighbor is the one who needs us" In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. In today's Gospel (St. Luke...
From: Jim Forest A tree gives glory to God first of all by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be, it is imitating an idea which is in God and ...
American Christmas From "Living in the Eighth Day" By Rev. Fr. John-Brian Paprock Available at most internet bookstores And at www.lulu.com/transfiguration My...
Spiritual sobriety One of the characteristics of a genuinely healthy spiritual life is temperance. We know in ordinary speech what sobriety means in comparison...
O Lord, tonight send your angels to touch the hearts of those that have been joined in the sacrament of matrimony but are troubled and in pain; fill them with...
In The Temple of Broken Hearts By Monk Alexander Let us think about all the good things God gives us in our life, and then they will increase and will oust all...
SPIRITUALITY: The certain place of uncertainity 11:58 PM, May. 11, 2012 Written by Norris Burkes A few months ago, I returned to work as a hospital chaplain...
Three Movies Explore Women's Spirituality http://spiritfilm.blogspot.com/2012/05/recent-movies-explore-womens.html Thought you might find this review...
