The love which does not sacrifice is a barren love, without fruit. Love is a productive mother that gives birth to numerous virtues such as compassion and affection, a word of encouragement and a word of consolation, attention and care, forgiveness and seeking the salvation of the soul. This is the spiritual love… Perhaps the …
The spiritual person who is known for the virtue of hope always has hope in all the particulars of his life, which grants him strength and joy: With regard to repentance and purity, he always has hope that God will pick him up however great his fall may be and will set him up. He …
Some virtues are partial and one struggles hard to attain them, but there are basic virtues which include various merits within them; that is the topic of our talk… Ahead of all these virtues is: Love. The Lord Jesus Christ said that all the Law and prophets are concerned with this virtue. St. Paul explained …
“Love your neighbor” is a phrase written in the Law: “Love your neighbor as yourself,” (Leviticus 19:18). However, the phrase “hate your enemy” is not written in the Law. It is a mistaken human understanding. Our Lord Jesus Christ taught its opposite for two reasons. First, God does not command us to hate in His …
I would like to talk to you today about a spiritual subject which is important to all of us; the spiritual weakness. What is the spiritual weakness? What causes it? How can one overcome this weakness? That’s what we are going to talk about. There isn’t any spiritual life that stays straight all the time, …
