Souls like Feathers
[Abba Isaac said:] There is a good comparison between the soul and a delicate little feather. If a feather has not been touched by [moisture], it is so light that the slightest breath of wind can puff...
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The woman who had fallen into many sins, perceiving Your Divinity, O Lord, assumes the role of a myrrh-bearer; and lamenting, she brings the myrrh before your burial. “Woe to me!” she said; “For me,...
View ArticleFish Out of Water
Abba Antony said: “Fish die if they are long out of water. So monks who dally long outside their cell or with men of the world, lose their will to solitude. As a fish can only live in the sea, so we...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Prayer
Q. What is Prayer? A. The lifting up of man’s mind and heart to God, manifested by devout words. ~ Metropolitan St. Philaret of Moscow, Longer Catechism, 390 The following is the text of a talk I will...
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