God Will Sort Everyone Out in Good Time

by St. Theophan the Recluse [Col. 4:2-9; Luke 9:49-56] How should one relate to unbelievers who do not confess the Lord? The same way as the Lord related to the village that did not receive Him. Youthful zeal, full of…

Confessing Him Correctly

St. Theophan the Recluse [Col. 3:17-4:1; Luke 9:44-50] Whosoever shall receive Me, receiveth Him that sent Me, said the Lord, while He that sent Him is God. Consequently, whosoever confesses the Lord, confesses God; whereas whosoever does not confess Him,…

Whom Say the People that I Am? by St. Theophan the Recluse

[Col. 2:13-20; Luke 9:18-22] Whom say the people that I am? the Lord asked. In answer to this, the Apostles related the current opinions among the people concerning Him, formed according to the nature of people’s views at that time.…

The Spirit of Judgmentalness – St. Theophan the Recluse

The Spirit of Judgmentalness. [II Cor. 3:12-18; Luke 6:1-10] The Lord’s disciples pluck the ears of grain, rub them in their hands and eat them on the Sabbath—a deed very unimportant both in appearance and in essence; meanwhile the Pharisees…

The Feeding of the Multitude and Our Food

St. Theophan the Recluse [Col. 2:1-7; Luke 9:12-18] The miraculous filling of the multitude in the desert is an image of the filling of the faithful in holy communion with the Most-Pure Body and Most-Pure Blood of the Lord. The…

The Storm of Life by St. Theophan the Recluse

St. Theophan the Recluse [Col. 1:18-23; Luke 8:22-25] When they got in the ship to sail to the other side of the lake, did the apostles think that they would meet with a tempest and expose their lives to danger?…