The Good Shepard knows His sheep and they know His Voice

I am starting up my blog again! I published my second book in June of 2017 and then shortly after, I lost my dear husband, Gregory and moved. I am resurfacing and starting up my writing and work again. May God bless! After any of us loses someone we dearly love, a part of us …

“Enter into thy closet and shut the door.” Matt. 6:6, The first in a Series on Internal Prayer

  Internal Prayer and Finding One's Deep Heart       St. Veronica When I wrote this post it was my name's day old calendar! "Those who only hear about spiritual meditation and prayer and have no direct knowledge of it are like a man blind from birth, who hears about the sunshine without ever …

Faith vs. Knowledge Part 2, Podcast airing July 16th on Pearls of Great Price, OCN

    Faith vs. Knowledge Part 2 It is not that knowledge is blameworthy, but that faith is higher…     What are the distinctions in knowledge; in which degree (when knowledge returns to its primary aim – the spiritual life) it comes into its nature and by its good discipline (fasting, alms, vigils, holiness… …

“Prayer”, Airing 4/16/14, Veronica’s next podcast on OCN

                  PRAYER Summary of Veronica's Commentary: The second building block in our cooperation with God in our regeneration by grace is PRAYER. Cooperation implies communication, respect, intimacy and love.  All of these need to present when we pray. The Orthodox Church has given us a starting structure …

What motivated me to write about my life and conversion to Eastern Orhtodox Christianity?

Why did I write my Pearl of Great Price? This passage is taken from the sequel to my Pearl, In Christ, I am a New Creation. I hope to finish and begin the process of publishing my second book this year. Since all illness has a spiritual component to it, I understood that I was …

Whatever prompted two people with fibromyalgia to move to a wilderness mountain top?

This is one the exquisite mountains we gaze upon from our mountain home overlooking the "Valley of the Dancing Angels (My husband gave this valley that name. When it is a cloudy day wisps of clouds float and dance in the valley resembling dancing angels.) We moved here in May to retire and deepen our …

Now and then….

I am writing my sequel to the Pearl of Great Price - hopefully I will not need 9 drafts and 6 years to finish my sequel! I am amazed that when I am writing a book , I will be living similar experiences in the present that mirror what I was going through years prior …

New Podcast Featuring Veronica with Fr. Chris on the OCN network….

Personal Journey to OrthodoxyMetropolitan Tikhon, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, joins us for the second part of his 6-week look at the Sundays of Great and Holy Lent. He speaks this week about the Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas.Plus, how did a New Age seeker wind up in the Eastern Orthodox Church? Tune …

Mesmerized by the story…

Interesting, February 10, 2013 By mom Amazon This review is from: The Pearl of Great Price: The Spiritual Journey of a New Age Seeker to the Light of Christ and the Eastern Orthodox Church (Kindle Edition) Mesmerized by the story, enjoyable and easy to read, good for seekers (must read) especially for New Age, and …

About Labyrinths… Question from a reader to Veronica Hughes

Question: About Labyrinths... Veronica, After a long journey I find myself at the doors of Orthodoxy. I will soon be a catechumen. The Labyrinth has long held a place in my heart and helped me through my spiritual journey. We had planned on constructing one in our back yard. My question does this in any …