Elder Porphyrios on obedience:

I can't give you an example of what real obedience is. It's not that we have a discussion about the virtue of obedience and then I say to you, 'go and do a somersault' and then you obey. That's not obedience. You need to be entirely carefree and not thinking at all about the matter of obedience, and then suddenly you ( Read more... )

Today's readings are from Is 1:10,16-20, Ps 50:6-9,16bc-17,21,23, Matt 23:1-12Today's reading from the first chapter of the Prophet Isaiah begins by exhorting us to "Hear the word of the LORD," and to, "Listen to the instruction of our God." Hear and listen. It is important to recognize that these are two different functions. It is first by ( Read more... )