“And there was a great calm” [Matt. 8:26]. It is necessary that what you read daily from the Gospel be a real event in your life, as if it had taken place in your presence and with your participation. For that is precisely why we are given the holy Gospel, in order that all the […]
Read MoreBy one candle is another lit, from one heart does another heart love, by one soul is another soul enlightened. So that thousands might be warmed and enlightened, a flame must first be lit somewhere. How precious that flame is! How we ought to love and to venerate God’s elect, whom He sends into the […]
Read MoreJesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, wretch that I am! Jesus Christ, through Your most sweet Name, you calm the tempest in my heart occasioned by these brutal circumstances. You appear in the troubled waters of my soul and extend a helping hand to me, and I hear Your most sweet voice: […]
Read MoreWhen the Lord said farewell to His disciples at the Mystical Supper, He told them incomprehensible words about how He would both leave them soon and soon come to them [cf. John 14]. And they did not know that these words describe every earthly parting in God. If there is a rushing of the Comforter, […]
Read MoreBut if you are not at peace, if there is unrest in your soul, that means that you are not with Him, that “legion” has overtaken you [Mark 5:9]. The loss of peace always seems justifiable enough: either some person or another has done something against you, or some sort of event has disturbed your […]
Read MoreThis Sunday marks the beginning of the Lenten Triodion, that group of Sundays preceding Great Lent. Each Sunday from now until Pascha has special significance in our spiritual preparation. You will find the schedule for services offered here at Holy Trinity on the calendar below. Please consider joining us during this very meaningful ‘season’.
Read More“This is my opinion too,” said my teacher. “I also think that the measure of pain is proportional to the quantity of evil in each person. For it is not likely that the one who has gone far in forbidden evils and the one who has fallen into moderate transgressions will be distressed equally as […]
Read MoreOf all the things people hold dear, none is necessary: not talents, not successes, not accomplishments. All these are imaginary riches for oneself. There is one fortune and joy that God grants equally to every person: one’s own life, created in God, and a heart capable of loving and of rejoicing in love. Spiritual Diary, […]
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September 2, 2024
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