I behold a new and wondrous mystery! My ears resound to the Shepherd’s song, piping no soft melody, but chanting full forth a heavenly hymn. The Angels sing! The Archangels blend their voices in harmony! The Cherubim hymn their joyful praise! The Seraphim exalt His glory! All join to praise this holy feast, beholding the [...]
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St John Chrysostom’s Sermon on the Nativity According to the Flesh of the Christ
Posted in Christology, Church Fathers, Homilies, Orthodox Feasts and Fasts, The Mother of God on Saturday, 26 December 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Noetic Battles Revisited
Posted in Church Fathers, Jesus Prayer, Patristics Sources, Prayer, True Philosophia, the Way of Life on Sunday, 2 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
In a previous post, I cited some ancient Christian teaching regarding the mind and the spiritual battle waged in the arena of thoughts. I want to return to the topic again, this time with some personal reflections. The past three months in particular have been a rather specific engagement with the notion of spiritual warfare [...]
St John Chyrsostom on Ephesians 5 (On Marriage)
Posted in Church Fathers, Marriage and Family, Orthodoxy, Scripture, The Mysteries, True Philosophia, the Way of Life on Tuesday, 5 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some excerpts: And indeed from the beginning, God appears to have made special provision for this union; and discoursing of the twain as one, He said thus, “Male and female created He them” (Gen. i. 27.) . . . For there is no relationship between man and man so close as that between man and [...]
On God’s Providence
Posted in Church Fathers, Prayer on Wednesday, 30 July 2008 | 1 Comment »
Question. My thought suggests to me that my material resources are tight and that i cannot feed myself or my household, and this causes me sorrow. What does this mean? Response by Abba John This sorrow is human; if we had hope in God, He would provide for us as he wants. “Therefore, cast your [...]
On Thanksgiving
Posted in Church Fathers, Prayer on Tuesday, 29 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Labor to acquire thanksgiving toward God for everything, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you, and then you will find peace. –Answer 348 in Guidance Twoard Spiritual Life 2e, tr. by Father Seraphim Rose (St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood 2002)
Dr David Bradshaw’s Home Page
Posted in Church Fathers, Classics, Ecclesiology, Orthodox Links, Orthodoxy, Patristics Sources, Philosophy, Prayer, Scriptures and Patristics, Theology, True Philosophia, the Way of Life on Tuesday, 29 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Please visit Dr. David Bradshaw’s homepage which contain some extremely intelligent and useful essays (particular a couple of papers on the term energeia, or, in English, “energies”). You will not be disappointed.
Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism
Posted in Church Fathers, Classics, Scriptures and Patristics on Sunday, 27 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism Take a look. Vol. 5 articles available in pdf format.
Sts Barsanuphius and John on Blogs, Message Boards and the Internet
Posted in Church Fathers, Wisdom of the Saints on Saturday, 26 July 2008 | 2 Comments »
One who is firm in faith, if he will speak and contend with heretics or unbelievers, will never be disturbed, because he has within himself Jesus, the Source of peace and stillness. And such a one, after contending peacefully, can with love bring many heretics and unbelievers to the knowledge of our Savior Jesus Christ. [...]
Noetic Battles
Posted in Church Fathers, Jesus Prayer, Patristics Sources, Prayer, True Philosophia, the Way of Life on Friday, 11 July 2008 | 1 Comment »
A few days before my birthday in 2005, I purchased and received Anthony M. Coniaris, Confronting and Controlling Thoughts According to the Fathers of the Philokalia (Minneapolis: Light and Life Publishing 2004). It was a providential purchase. For this is a matter about which I am much concerned presently. I may offer some thoughts on [...]
Sofie Is Wiser Than She Knows and Than I At First Recognized
Posted in Church Fathers, The Fatherhood Chronicles on Tuesday, 24 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hmmm. Maybe it really is the case that while Daddy has Jesus in his heart, Sofie and Delaina have Baby Jesus in their hearts: For He came to save all through means of Himself—all, I say, who through Him are born again to God—infants, and children, and boys, and youths, and old men. He therefore [...]
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