From the New Age to Orthodoxy

Newly recorded video about Veronica and her books! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrBvPds99xM

Newly Released book

In Christ, I am a New Creation, Book II, A Leap of Faith From our earliest days as Eastern Orthodox converts, my late husband, Gregory, and I shared a spiritual longing; we both longed to live a semi-monastic life near a monastery in the wilderness and experience a little taste of what the Holy Fathers …

Things I have learned about the Process of Grief

I found that I had more fear and anxiety when I was resisting grieving. Generally, now - even 4 years later, I let myself grieve as I told you for a couple times a day.  What I find interesting is that when I'm feeling anxious, oftentimes it's because I'm resisting grieving or not acknowledging how …

“If the Lord wills we shall do this and that”. James 4

"Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you…. Come now, you say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city…. Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow." For what is your life? It …

The Opportunity of COV19 – Live Each Day as if it Were Our Last – in Prayer and Action for God and Others – “the way everlasting.” Ps. 138

"For darkness will not be darkness with Thee, and night shall be bright as the day; as is the darkness thereof, even so shall the light thereof be." Selections from Psalm 138, Orthodox Psalter "Oh Lord, that has proved me and Thou knowest me; Thou knowest my down-sitting and my uprising. Thou hast discerned my …

How to Forgive

How to Forgive Put aside all resentment The decision to forgive another person a wrong done to us begins when we decide to let go of resentment and thoughts of revenge. To forgive someone does not mean that we forget what they did to us, for this may be impossible. The memory of the hurt …

Meet Veronica Hughes on Ancient Faith Radio

Click here for the link to this podcast. Merry Christmas! Veronica

Veronica will be interviewed on Everyday Orthodox, Dec. 15th, 6 PM Central

I will be a guest on Ancient Faith Radio with Elissa Bjeletich on Dec. 15th for her live call-in show. To listen live, you go to ancientfaith.com and on the right-hand side just a little way down the page, you click on the "Listen" button below "Talk" or "Music". That creates a little popup player …

An Ignored Heart is a Lost Heart

The Heart An Ignored Heart is a Lost Heart It is important that we direct all our thoughts, all our actions, and all our desires towards a burning love for God. Our heart must become inflamed with the love of God, and all our intellectual and emotional striving must be directed towards the development of …

Live as if we are Living in Eternal Time.

I came accross two remarkable quotes about how to live in the present and how to deal with tragedy or sorrows in the present. "Let us keep control over our mind in the face of the distractions of the exterior world. Without ascetic effort, our mind will never be able to remain constantly in God. …