DAILY REFLECTION • SEPTEMBER 17 • Holy Martyr Sophia, and her daughters, Faith, Hope and Love REFLECTION A faithful and God-fearing ruler is a true blessing for all people. King Vatslav of the Czechs was...
DAILY REFLECTION • SEPTEMBER 9 • Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna REFLECTION One should not give alms with pride but rather with humility, considering that the one to whom the alms...
DAILY REFLECTION • SEPTEMBER 12 • Hieromartyr Autonomus, Bishop in Italy REFLECTION What kind of bond should there be between man and God? An unbreakable and continual bond. “Adhere to God as a son adheres...
DAILY REFLECTION • SEPTEMBER 14 • ELEVATION OF THE CROSS REFLECTION Just as a candle is lighted from another candle, so also a good work is born from a good work. A patrician wanted to...
DAILY REFLECTION • SEPTEMBER 11 • Venerable Theodora of Alexandria REFLECTION One must not hinder anyone on the path of perfect devotion and service to God. Many saintly women who wanted to flee from marriage...
DAILY REFLECTION • SEPTEMBER 1 • CHURCH NEW YEAR • St. Simeon Stylites REFLECTION We should use all that is necessary in this world for the cultivation of our souls, for when death separates us...
DAILY REFLECTION • SEPTEMBER 15 • Greatmartyr Nikitas the Goth REFLECTION God is not mocked (Galatians 6:7). God either punishes the mockers in order to correct them or He converts them into that which they...
DAILY REFLECTION • SEPTEMBER 16 • Greatmartyr Euphemia the All-praised REFLECTION Often unexpected misfortune befalls us, and in vain we ask “why?” The Church of Christ alone knows how to explain the cause of every...
DAILY REFLECTION • SEPTEMBER 19 • Martyrs Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon of Synnada REFLECTION Even the dead sense and know the good deeds that are performed for them. Christians need not have any doubt in...
DAILY REFLECTION • SEPTEMBER 10 • Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora, at Nicomedia REFLECTION Examples of courage and patience displayed by martyred Christian women-thousands upon thousands of them-have shone with radiant glory on all the...