Temptation
The Temptation of Jesus We all know the scene, a person standing there trying to make the decision and on one shoulder stands the guy in the red suit and on the...
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Engaged Monasticism
I have been writing about monastic topics for the last few years. I have been trying to develop a sense of what I have called the “new monasticism” although it ...
St. Basil the Great ~ On Social Justice
“The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes that you do...
30 November ~ Feast of St. Andrew the First Called
Today the Christian world celebrates the Feast of St. Andrew the First Called of the Apostles. This is an interesting feast day for me since it brings two parts...
Orthodox Prayer Against Bad Weather
I think this is a good time for all of us to recite this prayer each day as part of our daily prayers. O Master, Lord our God, who through your consubstantial a...
15 August ~ Dormition of the Theotokos
I love the feasts of Mary! I have loves these feasts since I was a kid but I really did not know why. She has always been there but that was it, she was Jesus m...
The Inventor of the Doughnut
I have begun a little period of rest that I am calling a mini Sabbatical. During this time of rest and refreshment I am also performing a little research on to...
15 July ~ St. Donald of Olgivy
St. Donald lived in Olgivy, in Forfarshire, Scotland, in the early part of the 8th century. Upon the death of his wife, he and his nine daughters began to live ...
7 July ~ St. Willibald, Bishop of Eichstatt
Bishop and missionary. A native of Wessex, England, he was the brother of Sts. Winebald and Walburga and was related through his mother to the great St. Bonifac...
New Monasticism
“At the Last Judgement I shall not be asked whether I was successful in my ascetic exercises, how many bows and prostrations I made [in the course of pray...