His Grace Bishop Youssef: A student’s day schedule can be overwhelmingly packed with lectures to attend, people to meet, studying, and decisions to make. If students do not learn how to mange their time properly, they can be in trouble. Everyday, we must desire and seek the will and guidance of God. Making good decisions, …
His Grace Bishop Youssef: What you are doing is playing with fire. Examine where this relationship is leading you. You have started as regular friends; then you love each other ‘as friends’; then you have become ‘very close’ that you sometimes ‘hug’. Can you see the trend? The next is going to be a little …
The following advice comes from Theophan the Recluse (1815-1894), a Russian Orthodox saint best known for his work, Unseen Warfare, and his spiritual counsels to beginners, especially youth. In order to facilitate the development of true prayer, take these steps: Keep a prayer rule according to the blessing of your spiritual father – not more than you can …
During prayer there sometimes occur moments of deadly darkness and spiritual anguish arising from unbelief of the heart (for unbelief is darkness). Do not let your heart fail you at such moments, but remember that if the Divine light has been cut off from you, it always shines in all its splendour and greatness in …
First, I would like to refer you to a well-written article on the Agpeya in the first issue of the Mighty Arrows (vol 1, no 1). After reading the article, let’s examine the work of prayer. A well practiced prayer pleases God a lot. St John Chrysostom says, “Prayer was described as incense because of …
