The crowd echoed: Death took them too soon!Can death take those who do not belong to us? The crowd echoed: Life ending was a gracious gift for their suffering!What discernment have we to determine true blessings? The crowd echoed: They were still so young!Is youth truly measured in length of days? The crowd echoed: At […]
He was pulled off on the side of the road to tie the tarp back down in the bed of his truck when the phone rang. He locked eyes with her photo on the screen. Eyes that brought him so much joy now looked back at him with judgement in every pixel. The picture spoke
Light bleeds from my eyeballsDark seeds in the backyardThorns threaten to chokeMind blind from wasted time. Death flees from my sideLife threatens more timeSomeone help what’s brokenMend what can’t be touched. Snow falls in a circleWinds spins in a spiralI’m descending upwardsTrudging downwards still. Black lungs with black heartViolin strings cut shortGuitars play sardonicallyThe grand
The supreme goal of many people today, even many Christians, is to escape suffering at all costs, regardless of how minute or inconspicuous. Yet not even our Lord evaded suffering, being a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief (Is. 53:3). Indeed, no matter how far mankind advances, or thinks that he has, which religion
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She floats amongst the dragonflies,darting through thick Summer skies,that she’s only seen in hardcover books. Her beautiful brown eyestrace their invisible white lines toChemtrails Over the Country Club. She calls me sugar, but it’s her namethat is the sweetest of all words to touchmy tongue, and curve my lips to smile. Her arrival is marked
Time passes me quickly;I let it slip by while I hope;It laughs as it’s squandered. I’m not humble enoughTo be grateful for life soI ponder the hour of death. I wonder furtherWhere will I standAt the final judgment? I hope in God’s mercyBecause I read it inThe lives of Saints. Perhaps I’ve evenSeen living examples;God
As one is preparing to be brought into the Orthodox Church, it is easy and exciting to get caught-up with online chatter. We find a new community and feel compelled to constantly share all of the new and wonderful things we find. It’s heartwarming to see Catechumens posting icons, quotes of the Saints, newly-made prayer
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“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” – Matthew 26:41 The spirit is willing to fight temptations, but the flesh is weak to withstand them. Archbishop Averky (Taushev) wrote the following on this verse: “This means that although their souls are inclined
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I rise to the sun, singingThe song of her heartThat still holds my hand. A hand held outsideOf time and space,In our own world. A melody born with the stars,New, but still so familiar. A promise made to me beforeThe first blade of grass was given.Before the moon was in the sky andThe waters separated
We met at the start of winter, and you were as far away as Spring. I’m stuck waiting on a promise that perhaps Summer can fulfill. Every skyline is the same without you. I haven’t yet lived because you’ve never kissed my lips. Every sunrise is merely a bright light. It only hurts my eyes
