The highest aim for Christianity is not ascetic detachment from the natural life but its hallowing and purification. But in order to purify it, one must, in the first instance, be pure from it.
Repentance Must be Joined to Thanksgiving
"Compunction without thanksgiving would be despair, sorrow that was not godly, while repentance without thanksgiving would be a presumptuous illusion". St. Mark the Ascetic Translation from Penthos: The Doctrine of Compunction in the Christian East Let us not forget that our repentance is not simply a deep sorrow. Sorrow without thanksgiving does not open us... Continue Reading →
The Remembrance of God’s Goodness
"Behold what ought to be the point of departure for a profitable journey according to God. You must always go over in your memory and guard in unceasing meditation, the remembrance of the goodness of God Who has ordered your life's course according to His design, of His benefits that aim at your souls salvation.... Continue Reading →
An Ancient Faith For a Modern World 