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On Ghosts & Wandering Spirits- by: St. John Chrysostom | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. Metropolitan Athanasius of Limassol on Spiritual Elders. Deacon Andrew Kuraev On Orthodoxy & Creationism. On Ghosts and Wandering Spirits- by: St. John Chrysostom. February 21, 2011. But for what object did the evil one introduce this wicked saying? Neither because of this do I credit the notion, since evil spirits say so to deceive those who listen to them. I will pull down my barns and build greater, (Luke 12:18). Than this state of mind nothing could be more wretched...
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On Fasting & Self-Control | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. On Being Gentle & Meek. On Fasting & Self-Control. January 23, 2013. By: St. Gregory Palamas. Sensual pleasure causes ungodliness as well as sin, but fasting and self-control result in the fear of God as well as virtue. Fasting must be accompanied by self-control. Why? Responses to “On Fasting & Self-Control”. Feed for this Entry. January 24, 2013 at 8:37 pm. Reblogged this on hesychastic. January 27, 2013 at 6:18 pm. What good exercise is fasting, what great practice! For if ...
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On True Spiritual Warmth & Illusions | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. On Being Honest With Yourself. On True Spiritual Warmth & Illusions. February 21, 2013. St Gregory of Sinai. By: St. Gregory of Sinai. The true beginning of prayer is warmth of the heart, which scorches the passions and fills the soul with joy and gladness, strengthening the heart with an unshakable love and a firm assurance that leaves no room for doubt. Thus the enemy tries to produce an illusion of some spiritual experience within us, offering us a mirage instead of the rea...
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On Spiritual & Emotional Dissatisfaction | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. On Being Honest With Yourself. On Spiritual and Emotional Dissatisfaction. June 15, 2013. St Ambrose of Optina. By: St. Amborse of Optina. Response to “On Spiritual and Emotional Dissatisfaction”. Feed for this Entry. On June 15, 2013 at 10:24 pm. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. On Being Honest With Yourself.
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The Loneliness of Christ & our Loneliness- By: Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. Quotes from St. John Climacus. Everything in Life is A Miracle- Father Arseny 1893-1973. The Loneliness of Christ and our Loneliness- By: Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev. April 2, 2009. By Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev. While on the cross Jesus cried to His Father: My God, My God! Why hast Thou forsaken Me? Mt 27:46). The pain of all mankind and every person was contained in this cry, the pain of everybody who feels alone and abandoned by God. If your close ones or those under your care hav...
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On Being Gentle & Meek | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. On How to Abandon Sin. On Fasting & Self-Control. On Being Gentle & Meek. January 18, 2013. By: St. John Chrysostom. 8221; Yet not even in this case did He reject them after so many and so great plots against Him, but answered them with great gentleness. Responses to “On Being Gentle & Meek”. Feed for this Entry. January 18, 2013 at 11:14 pm. Reblogged this on hesychastic. Thanks for posting this piece Maria! January 26, 2013 at 1:13 pm. On January 18, 2013 at 7:18 pm. Cast Yo...
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The Three Enemies of Faith- By: Fr. Matthew the Poor | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. Purification of the Heart- By:St. Isaac the Syrian. Sayings of St. Isaac the Syrian On Fasting. The Three Enemies of Faith- By: Fr. Matthew the Poor. February 26, 2010. Fr Matthew the Poor (Matta El Meskeen). Faith has three enemies: reliance on natural reason, fear, and skepticism. The raising of St. Lazarus. We can thus see that scientific reason constrains the work of faith and hinders its consummation. The Three Holy Youths. Christ reaching out His Hand to St. Peter. Persi...
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The Prayer of Jesus | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. God is Within You. Recognize the Reality of Our Sinfulness. The Prayer of Jesus. August 5, 2012. By: St. John Chrysostom. Letter to Monks (PG 60, p. 753). Responses to “The Prayer of Jesus”. Feed for this Entry. August 6, 2012 at 9:24 am. Reblogged this on hesychastic. Another of those Church Fathers I adore! On August 5, 2012 at 11:41 pm. The Prayer of Jesus AndreasDoulosHamartias' Blog. On September 12, 2013 at 6:37 pm. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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Let us Love One Another- by: Mother Teresa | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. Surrender Yourself Completely to Him- by: St. Macarius the Great. Transfer Your Treasures to a Safe Treasury. Let us Love One Another- by: Mother Teresa. December 7, 2010. Mother Teresa of Kolkata feeding a poor child. One day I picked up a man from the gutter. His body was covered with worms, I brought him to our house, and what did this man say? It is possible that young sister did not think about it at the moment, but she was touching the body of Christ. Jesus said so w...
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Show-Off | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. On Fasting & Self-Control. On True Spiritual Warmth & Illusions. February 11, 2013. Christ among the lepers. So, healed lepers we may be, but will we return to Jesus to express our gratitude? Will that gratitude be shown by the quality of our discipleship: or, having been healed of our disease, do we leave to go live life in way that seems right to us, without much thought for the will of God? Response to “Show-Off”. Feed for this Entry. On February 11, 2013 at 9:23 pm. On Gho...
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