When God Crushes Us
How can we pray when God’s silence crushes us? Therese of Lisieux is known today as the Little Flower. Icons depict her holding roses...
The Path of Hunger
“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and...
Our Battle with Acedia
"I think it likely that much of the restless boredom, frantic escapism, commitment phobia, and enervating despair that plagues us today...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
“Let both of them grow together until the harvest” (Matthew 13:30). We are saved within community. Christian faith is always a shared...
How To Be Afraid
“Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?” (Matthew 8:26). We must learn how to be afraid. Fear plays an important role in life. Fear,...
God Desires to Heal
“I will, be thou clean.” God overflows with mercy. His mercy fills heaven to the brim. At any minute, it may pour out into our lives,...
Christ in the Beauty of Creation
“I want creation to penetrate you with so much wonder that everywhere, wherever you may be, the least plant may bring to you the clear...
Village Life
Where will you find God? You will find Him in the Temple. Elder Roman Braga used to reminisce about growing up in his little Romanian...
Pursue the Stars
“Opta ardua pennis astra sequi” “Desire to pursue on wings the high stars.” A great Roman poet wrote this line, forever expressing the...
God is With Us
“God is in the manger, wealth in poverty, light in darkness, succor in abandonment.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote these words to his wife,...