+ A Blessed Nativity Fast  The death of the martyrs is not death but the beginning of a better life, the prelude of a more spiritual conversation, and a change from the worse to the better. Do not then look at the fact that the mere body of the martyr...

+ The care of our soul, dearly beloved, is very much like earthly cultivation. Just as in land which is tilled, some things are torn out, and others are completely uprooted so that which is good may be sown, this should also be the case in our soul. Vices should...

+ As it is written: “He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever” (2 Cor. 9:9). “We often find that a person who has once given alms to the hungry thinks that he [or she] has completely fulfilled the commandment. A doctor must employ...

+ Then He came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” What is this coffin if not bad morals? Your coffin is your lack of faith; your sepulcher is your throat which utters words of...