During Great Lent this year I have endeavored to read a few different books. First, in order to make this happen I had to give up my slothful evenings of TV watching. And even still, I will probably not complete all the books I hope to. The one book, I will not read cover to… Continue reading Anger and Meekness
I came across an incredible quote that I just needed to share. I read it in the book I’ve talked about many times before called Becoming a Healing Presence by Dr. Albert Rossi. He mentioned that he found it in the book The Art of Prayer and he was sharing about an incredible moment he… Continue reading “Seek God, such is the unalterable rule…”
In reading the amazing book Acquiring the Mind of Christ by Archimandrite Sergius Bower of St. Tikhon Monastery, I wanted to share a bit from the chapter titled “Beauty That Saves the World: Beauty, Liturgy, and Liturgical Art.” Fr. Sergius starts the chapter by quoting St. Gregory Palamas who is referring to the account of… Continue reading The Beauty of Him Who is Almighty
I know some of my readers are probably unsure about why I quote saints, why I write about them and why my last maxim talks about emulating saints. I feel the need to justify myself I guess and since this weeks Maxim is about saints I figured before the week is up I would write… Continue reading Why Saints
Kindler of Joy! 