Author Archives: Administrator

The essence of the whole thing

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Administrator

The essence of the whole thing is to be established in the remembrance of God, and to walk in His presence. Continue reading →

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Three Good Books

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Administrator

Tell me what I ought to do: keep them for my use and that of the brethren, or sell them and give the money to the poor? Continue reading →

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Thy will be done

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Administrator

….If we have an inclination towards something good we need God to carry the desire into effect… Continue reading →

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A Letter to a Bishop

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Administrator

3. I beseech you, spare yourself and us. Yourself, lest you run into peril; us, lest we be grieved because of you. Take thought of the Church, lest many of the little ones be injured on your account, and the … Continue reading →

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How do some fall?

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Administrator

9. Question. How do some fall after the visitation of grace? Is not Satan shown to be much the weaker? Where it is day, how can there be night?  Answer. It is not that grace is quenched or feeble; but … Continue reading →

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The Ascension

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Administrator

Luke 24:51-52 “Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven.† And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,” …….on the fortieth day after the Resurrection … Continue reading →

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Washing his feet

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Administrator

184. Abba Isaac came to see Abba Poemen and found him washing his feet. As he enjoyed freedom of speech with him he said, ‘How is it that others practice austerity and treat their bodies hardly?’ Abba Poemen said to … Continue reading →

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Falsely accused

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Administrator

Once, the young Ephraim was falsely accused of stealing  a sheep, and was cast into prison. Two others likewise innocent, were imprisoned after him. “Seven days passed,” the venerable one recounted later in life, “and on the eighth I had a dream in which someone said to me: … Continue reading →

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I am the bread of life

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Administrator

John 6:35 67. ….. In the same  way, in His unutterable and inconceivable bounty  Christ  reduces and  embodies  Himself, commingling  with  and embracing the soul  that aspires to  Him  with  faith  and  love  and, as  St  Paul  puts it  (cf. … Continue reading →

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Not my own will

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Administrator

We have to make strenuous  efforts when  we  first try  to return  to where  we fell from.  For  we  resent  abandoning our own desires, and we think  that  we can carry  out  both  God’s wishes and our  own  – which … Continue reading →

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