My Dearest Babylas, You were a man, a hesychast, and a martyr of two worlds (3rd c.). You were born in the East, lived in the West, and...

My Dear St. Thomais of Lesvos, you were pressured by your parents to marry and brutalized by your husband every day for 13 years (she...

Life is hard But God is good And you are strong. Pray. Confess. Get anointed. And receive the Eucharist. Live faith Have hope, and Share...

Christ is Born! Glorify Him! "The Journey of the Magi" By TS Eliot A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.' And the camels galled, sorefooted, refractory, Lying down in the melting snow. There were times we regretted The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces, And the silken girls bringing sherbet. Then the camel men cursing and grumbling and running away,

I've been serving on the altar since I was seven years old. One Sunday, when I was nine, I was kneeling at the side of the altar after...

Catherine, my Catherine! You waited until the exact moment To call me forth to that Place of death and Life Upon which crucifixions and...

My dearest St. Hugh of Lincoln (1140-1200), you who witnessed my baptism and helped to guide me along the dual paths of silence and...

Life can be difficult. There's no doubt about it. One day you can feel like things are going your way. And the next day you can feel like...

You leaders of the bodiless powers ... you divine ministers ...you guardians ...you protectors of mankind ...we humbly ask you to intercede for us before God ...to deliver us from the wiles of the evil ones ...to teach us how to defend the faith ...and to strengthen us so that we can protect those who need our sheltering love. Today is the synaxis (i.e., coming together to praise) of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers who are named in Holy Scripture and Holy

O saint who hails from Calabria, I implore your intercession before God to gather the men and women who are called to this brotherhood,...