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When the Father Ran
I left home, because I thought life began far from You. But I never reckoned that You would run.
2 min read →A Prayer at the Start of the Fast
In the fast we do not mutter a prayer. In the fast we become a prayer.
2 min read →A Pharisee-and-Publican Heart
In me is a Pharisee who knows the words and masters the standing; and in me is a publican who stands afar off, beats his breast, a...
2 min read →The Transfiguration of the Lord
The Transfiguration is not a passing moment. The Transfiguration is a present invitation. We too are called to ascend with You to...
2 min read →Zacchaeus the Publican
Zacchaeus discovered that Jesus did not look upon him as others saw him, but as he could be, and thus restored to him his lost hum...
3 min read →Three Luminaries
Three luminaries lit the sky of the faith: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom.
2 min read →"Come and Dwell in Us"
Who are You, O Dweller in my depths, O whisper that cannot be spoken, O fire that cannot be quenched!
2 min read →In the Embrace of the Virgin
August has come, bearing at its start the Fast of the Virgin. Fifteen days, like blossoms we offer to the Virgin Mary, the lily of...
2 min read →Make My Life a Prayer That Walks Upon the Earth
Teach me to be a prayer that walks. Teach me how my work may be a hymn, my word a blessing, and my glance a mercy that embraces ev...
2 min read →Who Are You, O Crucified One?
Your throne is not of gold, but of wood carved with pain; and Your crown is not of pearls, but of thorns thrust into Your pure bro...
2 min read →"Behold, the Bridegroom Comes"
Behold, the Bridegroom comes like the beloved returning after long absence, carrying His heart in His hands and whispering: "I hav...
2 min read →Who Am I?
If I am not, in You, my Lord, then who am I? And what does it mean for me to be?
2 min read →The Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos
It is not said of you that you "were absent," for the absent is one who hides from hearts; and you, O full of grace, your radiance...
2 min read →The Fast
We fast, and eat nothing but Your presence; we hunger, and desire nothing but Your word.
2 min read →Taking the Side of Holiness
Yet the honouring of the saints is not by taking their side, but by taking the side of holiness itself.
2 min read →"Out of the Mouths of Infants and Nurslings You Have Prepared Praise"
A blessed Palm Sunday.
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