IC XC NIKA Orthodox Cross | Medieval Floral Design | The One Who Conquers (Revelation 3:21) | Orthodox Christian Hardcover JournalMan's personal efforts are like a receiver for the grace of God. The greater and more decisive these efforts are, the greater is the grace filled help from God that they attract. These efforts in and of themselves are not as significant in unseen warfare as the sincerity of ones good will that is revealed in these efforts. The more forcefully one battles, the more intense the efforts of his good willthe greater is the grace that he receives from God.

whether it be wealth

every good deed done for Christ's sake gives us the grace of the Holy Spirit

praise of God has no worth

Let us hear the holy Gospel

he was appointed

at once enjoys a sense and perception of the blessings which await it

O Mother of Light

in distresses

Do not deceive yourself

” based on the account from Genesis of the “three men” (three angels) who visited Abraham and Sarah at the Oak of Mamre

For then there will be great tribulation

О Christ Who dost clothe the sky in clouds