What is more precious than anything in the world? Time! And what do we waste uselessly and without being sorry? Time! What do we not value and what do we disregard more than anything? Time! When we waste time, we lose ourselves… Time is given by God to use correctly for the salvation of the […]

When saying the Jesus Prayer keep your mind empty; with the Jesus Prayer your mind will be clean and full of light. You will see your every fault. With the Jesus Prayer you will always say it is my fault NOT someone else’s fault. Eldress Makrina of Greece

“A life not lived for others is not a life.” “Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.” “God doesn’t require us to succeed; He only requires that you try.” “I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge […]

This is what our religion is. This is the direction we must take. Christ is Paradise, my children. What is Paradise? It is Christ. Paradise begins here and now. It is exactly the same: those who experience Christ here on earth, experience Paradise. The essence of the matter is for us to be with Christ; […]

Nothing is more ruinous than talkativeness and more harmful; than an uncontrolled tongue; and nothing is more destructive and disorganizing to the treasure of the soul. For whatever we succeed in building in ourselves every day is destroyed by much talking, and what we collect together with great labor our soul dissipates again through this […]

When you want to resolve a complex problem, seek God’s will in the matter, and you will find a constructive solution. Saint Kosmas Aitolos

These thoughts that assault our mind while we’re praying are like airplanes. You hear them from afar like a soft noise without much disturbance, then they grow stronger and when they fly above your head they overwhelm you with their noise, but then they’ll passed away. But if you get into conversation with such thoughts,  […]

A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, ‘You are mad; you are not like us.” St. Anthony the Great

The surer and stronger are the means that unite us to God (prayer and repentance), the more destructive are the actions brought to bear against them by God’s opponent and ours, who makes use of every means to attain this end: our body, so inclined to laziness; the weakness of our soul, its attachment to […]

Nothing is more ruinous than talkativeness and more harmful; than an uncontrolled tongue; and nothing is more destructive and disorganizing to the treasure of the soul. For whatever we succeed in building in ourselves every day is destroyed by much talking, and what we collect together with great labor our soul dissipates again through this […]