St. Ignatius Brianchaninov says that God gave us “garments of skin” or bodies that are more material, more physical, than our original bodies in paradise, to protect us from spirits. Our bodies now act as walls which block direct contact with spirits, who seek to harm us.

“Those who do not know that this great myth became fact when the Virgin conceived are, indeed, to be pitied. But Christians also need to be reminded—we may thank Corineus for reminding us—that what became fact was a myth, that it carries with it into the world of fact all the

This is not our war. But if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution. I’m introducing a bipartisan War Powers Resolution tomorrow to prohibit our involvement. I invite all members of Congress to cosponsor this resolution.

For me it was a book, not a movie—The Brothers Karamazov, at 14.

“War is young men dying and old men talking.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt

Every time I read John's gospel in the Greek NT, I'm struck by this: John's writings are the easiest Greek of any NT books. They are the grammatical shallow end of the pool, but the theological deep end. The truths, conveyed in simple words, are among the most profound.

Amen.

Sometimes AI seems scary smart, and then sometimes... (That wasn't really Tagalog, by the way.)

Saints Manuel, Sabel, and Ishmael of Persia, pray to God for us! oca.org/saints/lives/2…

Good counsel.

Them: "You can't expect anyone to remember how much you could lift in 2500 years." Bybon son of Phola: "Hold my rock. Oh that's right YOU CAN'T. HAHAHA"

Holy Angels, pray to the Lord for us all! Amen.

The Augustinian puns are relentless!

Happy Feast day of St Ephrem!

Wise principles for handling religious disagreements: Listen, but say only a few words. Pray inwardly. Speak boldly, yet with saintliness and meekness. But above all: Become a saint.

The precursors to Hitler's holocaust were numerous, and right out there in the open—although the "powers" of the world turned a blind eye to them. 😭

Salvation grounded on God's grace alone, and the God-given freedom of the human will to respond, are not opposed to each other—they are the two sides of the same glorious truth.

Making puns on an elevator is wrong on so many levels!

The text on this icon reads, "The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God" (Wisdom 3:1). ❤️