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Prayer of the Heart in an Age of Technology and Distraction, Part 14

01/28/2020

By Fr. Maximos (Constas) As we begin to enter into the practice of the Jesus Prayer to engage the presence of the Spirit within ourselves we began to encounter both passing and deeper, recurring thoughts that work to distract us from calling upon the name of the Lord. What is the origin of these thoughts, and what do they show us about ourselves and how we interact with the world? How does the Church teach

Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Pascha. Communion Is How We Stoke the Fire

05/03/2017

And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them, who said, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” Then they told what had happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of the bread. Luke 24:33-35 (From the Fifth Eothinon Gospel of Sunday Orthros) Christ is Risen! We’ve all sat around a

Tuesday of the Third Week of Pascha. There Will Still Be Moments of Confusion

05/02/2017

That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. And He said to them, “What is this conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?” And they stood

Feast of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke

10/18/2016

Saint Luke came from the city of Antioch, probably of a pagan family. From his youth he applied himself to seek after wisdom and to study the arts and sciences. He traveled all over the world to quench his thirst for knowledge, and had particular skill as a physician and in painting. The Gospel he wrote shows his excellent command of Greek; he also knew Hebrew and Aramaic. There is a tradition that Luke was

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Prayer of the Heart in an Age of Technology and Distraction, Part 14

Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Pascha. Communion Is How We Stoke the Fire

Tuesday of the Third Week of Pascha. There Will Still Be Moments of Confusion

Feast of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke

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