HOLY SILENCE

Each week I send a short email to help you deepen your relationship with the Holy Spirit. If you have a question or a prayer request, please reach out here . Read : "It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life." (John 6:63). Ponder: In John 6:56, Jesus declared that "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him." Some of the disciples, like many people today, either did not understa

We talk a lot about praying, but why do we do it? Prayer Brings Us Close to the Holy Spirit "Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance, suppresses anger, restrains pride and envy, draws down the Holy Spirit into the soul and raises man to heaven" (St Ephraim the Syrian, in Moore, Orthodox Prayer , p. 22). Prayer Keeps Us Steady "Hold on to the staff of prayer and you will not fall. And even a fall will not be fatal, since prayer is a devout, persistent coercin

Evil entices the world, but God has given us everything we need to live in joy and hope and understanding. In other words, there is more to life than the temptations of demons and the difficulties we face. So, have faith, seek healing, and live in the love of the Lord.

Intercede for me and pray for my spiritual sons and daughters so that we may have a stable foundation of deep prayer and a ministry of healing the afflicted. Please keep me close so that I may have strength to walk with everyone who comes for confession and spiritual guidance. "Thomas, the faithful servant and disciple of Christ, filled with divine grace, cried out from the depth of his love: 'You are my Lord and my God!'" (Kontakion — Tone 4). Icon depicting the Theotokos gi

Each week I send a short email to help you deepen your relationship with the Holy Spirit. If you have a question or a prayer request,...

This homily was given on the Feast of the Repose of St. John who is known as the Apostle, Evangelist, Theologian, and the Divine. He...

If we have faith, we will work at walking with God each day in every aspect of our lives: physical, emotional, intellectual, relational,...

Each week I send a short email to help you deepen your relationship with the Holy Spirit. If you have a question or a prayer request,...

Commemorating the building of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Sept 13) - which people visit to pay homage where Jesus was crucified and...

Each week I send a short email to help you deepen your relationship with the Holy Spirit. If you have a question or a prayer request,...