love your enemies

Love Your Enemies

We are instructed by Christ to love our neighbors as ourselves, and even to love our enemies. There are always individuals who come into our lives that we find difficult to like, let alone love. Given this, how

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Prayer Must Be to Us a Consuming Fire

Prayer Must Be to Us a Consuming Fire

God loves us and desires that we come to the knowledge of the Truth and inherit His Kingdom. When we’ve acquired a peaceful and contrite heart, we will seek to keep God’s commandments, and love Him with all

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The Greatest of Miracles

The Greatest of Miracles

Of all the miracles of Christ, the greatest is the Eucharist. The Gospels are filled with accounts of miracles performed by Christ, but the greatest of them all was when He offered the simple elements of bread and

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St Antony and His Encounters with Demons

St Antony and His Encounters with Demons

In this paper I will analyze St. Athanasios’ Life of Saint Antony, particularly with regards to the element of demonology and spiritual warfare in the work. The Vita addresses many different topics and can be assessed from different

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Hating Oneself

Hating Oneself

Humility does not require we think poorly of ourselves, nor be given over to self-loathing. Just as we must not be over-lauding ourselves, we must not sink to a state of self-loathing, for both states have their basis

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How to Set Up a Personal Commemoration Book

How to Set Up a Personal Commemoration Book

What follows is directions on how to set up a private commemoration book for use in one’s private prayers (for commemorations at the liturgy, one should either use the slips provided at the candle counter in their parish,

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