25. A man with his physical eyes knows when it is day and when night, but a blind man does not know one from the other. So with a man whose spiritual eyes are opened and who has inner sight with them; if, once he has seen the true and everlasting light, he returns [...]
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Spiritual Blindness
Posted in Journal, St. Symeon the New Theologian, Uncategorized on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Threat of Beauty – Relections on Psalm 80
Posted in Uncategorized on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
But My people heard not My voice, and Israel gave no heed unto Me. And I let them go according to the ways of their hearts; they shall walk in their own ways. If My people had heard of Me, if Israel had walked in My ways, Quickly would I have humbled their enemies, and [...]
St. Herman of Alaska on Sin and Life in Christ
Posted in Uncategorized on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“A true Christian is made by faith and love toward Christ. Our sins do not in the least hinder our Christianity, according to the word of the Saviour Himself. He deigned to say: ‘I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance; there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner [...]
Buildup in the Calvinist Filter
Posted in Uncategorized on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is a strange thing that I do from time to time. Occasionally, when I am contemplating how I fell into some sin or am debating some theological topic, I will begin to imagine talking to my confessor priest about it. In the course of this fiction, I will imagine what he would say in [...]
Prayer according to the Desert Fathers
Posted in Uncategorized on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The brothers also asked Abba Agathon, “Amongst all good works, which is the virtue which requires the greatest effort?” He answered, “Forgive me, but I think there is no labor greater than that of prayer to God. For every time a man wants to pray, his enemies, the demons, want to prevent him, for they [...]
