FAITH IN THE HUMAN BEING (Wednesday, December 11) “We love because He first loved us. If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ yet hates his brother,

ILLUMINED, BUT NOT CONSUMED (Tuesday, December 10) “Standing in a furnace of flaming fire as though in dew, the Holy Youths mystically prefigured Your coming

REAL GRATITUDE vs. THE FORMAL KIND (Monday, December 9) “Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who

“ORTHODOX” EXPECTATIONS (Saturday, December 7) “I look for (προσδοκῶ, exspecto, чаю) the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come. Amen.”

ST. NICHOLAS (Friday, December 6) “(As) a rule/canon of faith (κανόνα πίστεως, правило веры), an icon of meekness, and a teacher of temperance you were

COPING WITH BEING “GHOSTED” (Thursday, December 5) “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that

“INNOCENT” SUFFERING (Wednesday, December 4) “I will receive the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord.” (Ps. 115:4) This verse is

THE GOALS OF NATIVITY FAST & ADVENT (Tuesday, December 3) I’ve reflected on this in previous years. But since we are again in the pre-Christmas