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 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 25 • Repose of St. Sergius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Radonezh REFLECTION A saint does not shine outwardly. All of his riches are within, in his soul. A peasant came from...
DAILY REFLECTION • SEPTEMBER 23 • Conception of St. John the Baptist REFLECTION He who gives to the poor, gives to Christ. This is the meaning of the evangelical teaching, which was confirmed in the...
DAILY REFLECTION • SEPTEMBER 28 • Venerable Chariton the Confessor, Abbot of Palestine REFLECTION In guiding the dispensation of this world, and especially of His Holy Church, God often makes unexpected moves, and changes the...
DAILY REFLECTION • SEPTEMBER 21 • Apostle Quadratus of the Seventy REFLECTION If only we begin with the firm intention to live according to God’s law, we need not be afraid of any assaults by...
DAILY REFLECTION • SEPTEMBER 24 Holy Protomartyr Thecla, Equal-to-the-Apostles • Holy New Martyrs of Alaska REFLECTION Every saint is close to the place where he is invoked for help, or where his sanctity is commemorated...
DAILY REFLECTION • SEPTEMBER 29 • Venerable Cyriacus the Hermit, of Palestine REFLECTION In ignorance, many people labor more to avoid suffering in old age and terminal illness than to avoid the torments of hell...
DAILY REFLECTION • SEPTEMBER 22 • Hieromartyr Phocas, Bishop of Sinope REFLECTION When a man clearly senses God’s mercy toward him, he is startled, as from a dull and senseless dream, and becomes ashamed of...
DAILY REFLECTION • SEPTEMBER 26 • Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian REFLECTION Thus writes the Apostle James: Let him know, that he who converts the sinner from the error of...