The problem of a sticky soul
“If we desire to be in good things after the death of this body, let us take every care that our soul does not become glued to the body, nor mingled with it, staggering around as if drunk with the passions of the body, trusting itself to bodily pleasures.” — Saint Ambrose of Milan. I sometimes picture the soul covering itself with velcro hooks, which are the passions, so that the soul tends to stick to stuff. In conversation or when...
Is the heart “deep,” or “deceitful”?
My Protestant Bible says in Jer 17:9 that the “heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked,” but my Orthodox Bible says that “the heart is deep beyond all things, and it is the man.”
Should we hail Mary?
Did you know that, according to Scripture: Mary is crowned with glory and honor to rule over the works of the Lord’s hands, and God has put all things under her feet. She will be given power over the nations, she will judge the world, she will judge angels. Mary will be crowned with life and righteousness and will sit with Christ on his throne. God’s divine power has given to Mary all things that pertain to life and...
Charcoal
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Who is Christ? (170 AD)
The law and the prophets and evangelists have declared that Christ was born of a virgin, and suffered on the cross; was raised also from the dead, and taken up to heaven; that He was glorified, and reigns forever…
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