Reading the Psalms is a spiritual surgical tool. I constantly find myself unable to say the prayers as my own, and praying for my own destruction as I go. It is very hard for me to validly consider myself on God’s side of the Spiritual battle as the Psalms make abundantly clear that I am [...]
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Singing the Psalms like someone else
Posted in ascesis on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Living Amongst People
Posted in Church Fathers, St. Nephon, ascesis on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“My child, if you want to live amongst people, you must watch the following: Do not criticize anyone at all; do not ridicule anyone; do not become angry; do not despise anyone. Be very careful not to say ’so-and-so lives virtuously,’ or ’so-and-so lives immorally,’ because this is exactly what ‘judge not’ means. Look at [...]
Elder Cleopa
Posted in ascesis on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I caught a video Sunday morning on Youtube by Elder Cleopa where he explained that what keeps a person on the narrow path of salvation is fear of God on one side and fear of death on the other. My experience shows it to be so. My fear of death is growing more [...]
