+ “Our Lord lifted up for us His hands on the Cross and stretched out were His hands for us. And why were His hands stretched out on the Cross? In order that our hands might be stretched out to do good works since it was through His Cross that...
+ You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. (2 Tim. 2:3-4). For when no one exercises in the wrestling school, how shall he [or she] win and...
+ For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was (James 1:23-24). Do not let your hands drop the...
+ Blessed Feast of the Martyrs Do you desire to be like the martyrs? Be like Abel was, or Isaac, or Stephen, who chose for themselves the way of the righteous life. First of all, overcome the evil one by your good acts by living well, and when He, your...
+ …that no one should be shaken by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this. For, in fact, we told you before when we were with you that we would suffer tribulation (1 Thes. 3:3-4). Let us hear, who have ears to hear. The Christian...
