Faith and the Temptations and Trails we face… St. Maximos the Confessor

We often use or hear the word "trial" or "temptation", which appears, for example in the Lords Prayer, and in many spiritual writings of the Church. What do we mean by this word? The trial is anything that leads us to a difficult place or to a crisis; it is anything that places pressure or …

Living One Life Fully vs. Believing in Reincarnation

What must grow and change in us while on earth to merit Heaven? “The hereafter provides no more opportunities for change. So this leaves our life on earth as the only time during which changes possible. St. Paul says, ’Behold, now is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation’.” (I Cor. 6:12) …