Place us under the protection of your veil Theotokos Like all those caves, grottos, and underground churches Which heard all the prayers...

To my dear brothers and sisters, and sons and daughters in Christ: Having spent a lifetime in constant observation and continual...

My Dearest Thomas, You followed Christ You disregarded the world You hid His teachings in your inner room. You were illumined by the...

Beware of those kinds of priests. The ones who really worship Baal While they pretend to serve Christ. They wear their cassocks Swing their censers and Lead the services While they look with scorn At the people who light their candles And close their eyes to pray and prepare. You know that you know them. They laugh loudly in the enjoyment of the pain they inflict. And feast on the manipulations of Jezebel. They drink from the cup of Baal's blood And tear at the cornerstone of

Icons tell more than a story. They explain the faith As brought to us by God Who came in the flesh Himself. They illustrate the love of God Through the lives of those who lived And breathed to their last breath The Holy Spirit among us. Icons point us to our own inner journey And guide us on our exterior one. They open us to God who walked in our shoes And remind us that God has never left our side. We are clear on what icons are And what they are not. We do not worship them.

Holiness for humans is based in our love for God and our determination to do everything we can to draw ever closer to Him who loves us...

As I continually read, watch, and listen to the multitudinous stories of the atrocities committed against Christians around the world...

God is generous beyond our imagination: not only in the sense of creating the universe, giving us life, and offering us the gift of...

If you're feeling exhausted, anxious, fearful, or tired this Christmas season, remember that Jesus, his mother, Joseph, and even the shepherds and magi also had to navigate the fears and anxieties of life. God knows and understands your struggle! A recording from Fr. Thomas' live teaching on December 15, 2021.

God – the eternal light – is both the source and the summit of all existence. This is not only the key to understanding the meaning of all human life, but also the proper focus of it. Think about it like this. God exists. He alone created the universe and all of us. Nothing - no evil, no human plan, no nothing anywhere ever - can overcome God or change His love and/or His will for us. This truth was revealed to St. John the Theologian, and he taught it this way. "In the begin