This is remarkably rich food for the journey. On the real result of Eastern meditation (and certain forms of Western esotericism), see On Prayer, by St. Sophrony of Essex, pp. 174-176. It’s merely the experience of the human spirit, and a dead end. WHAT IS CHRISTIAN MEDITATION? via @YouTube

@Skylar_Byrne @jacobandjesus If I made any incorrect assumptions, I apologize. So you were not in fact suggesting that those considered saved in your Protestant tradition cannot be considered sinners?

@Skylar_Byrne @jacobandjesus I don't think I can help you, Skylar, but Fr. Stephen de Young will. I suggest you listen to his podcast, The Whole Counsel of God, which is here:

"If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us." 1 John 1: 8-10. It dismays me that people who insist they rely on Scripture fail to understand the filter through which they read it and by which they dismiss what doesn't accord with their human traditions.

What’s going to happen when he grows up and finds out that he’s a monkey?

RT @FChristopher77: “The humble one never falls. Where could the one who is lower than everyone else fall?” Saint Macarius the Great https…

“Many people who partake of antidoron are overwhelmed with grace as if they received Holy Communion. The word ‘antidoron’ means ‘instead of the Holy Gifts.’ We should receive antidoron and holy water with great piety. First we should venerate the icons, and then receive antidoron . . . We will make a bow and venerate the icons . . .” —Gerondissa Makrina Vassopoulou, Daily Quotes from Words of the Heart (January 28)

@jacobandjesus @Unashamed_Chuck Anyway, I’m pretty sure you’ve already read this, so you’re aware.

@jacobandjesus @OrthodoxBird Ha ha, I went to check your bio before I suggested you change “Orthodox interest” to “Orthodox inquirer,” and I saw you already did! 😀

@jacobandjesus 🙌🏼

Sunday of the Parable of the Publican and the Pharisee

RT @orthodoxwords: "The psychological trials of dwellers living in the last times will be equal to the physical trials of the martyrs. In o…

@Cernovich Google “agere contra.” To go against. The advice comes from Ignatius of Loyola. It was presented to us in an SSPX men’s retreat as “agere contra.”

I’ll certainly pray that your father and mother have a blessed experience of being embraced by Our Lord, His Mother, the saints, and the members of the parish, and that they receive grace in abundance. I hope someone gives them antidoron, which, although not Our Lord’s body, can bear significant grace to a person. Tomorrow is the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. I think that’s an excellent Sunday for people from a Protestant background to attend their first Divine Liturgy, because it will reassure them that Orthodoxy is about decreasing so that Our Lord can increase in us, rather than using forms and practices to put a claim on God and to fortify our ego. Here’s the OCA on this Sunday:

@AnthonyEsolen I believe the wind is in the east. 👆🏼

@AngloVarangian Authentic Orthodoxy entails repentance, prayer of the heart, and considering oneself first among sinners. Not tribalism and ideology by other means.

@FeserEdward If it’s 3D, and doesn’t have a screen, it’s usually worthwhile.

@jacobandjesus One of those lounging Protestants could, for example, be interiorly imploring Our Lord for the healing of a family member. One of those standing Orthodox might have a Pharisaical attitude or could be thinking about the day’s soccer match. So, it depends.

@beginnercathol1 And you did that thing passing your finger back and forth through the candle flame, didn’t you?