St. John (Maximovich) of Shanghai and San Francisco
Rating: 10|Votes: 2
Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit have common thought, common will, common actions. What the Father desires, the Son also desires, and the Holy Spirit also desires. This is not so with man. We are in constant disagreement, we have differing desires. Even a small child expresses his own wishes, willfulness, disobedience to his loving parents...
Archpriest Andrew Phillips
Rating: 3,4|Votes: 8
Would you say that Pentecost is the most important feast after the Nativity of Christ? What does the word Pentecost mean? Can you say something about the days immediately before and after Pentecost?..
St. Nicholai Velimirovich
Rating: 2|Votes: 2
When seed is sown, the power of warmth and light must descend upon it to make it grow. When a tree is planted, the power of the wind must come in order to make it strong. When a householder builds his house, he has recourse to the power of prayer, in order to sanctify it. Our Lord Jesus Christ has sown a most select seed in the field of this world. The power of the Holy Spirit had to descend in order to warm and sanctify that seed, so that it would grow and prosper.
Archbishop Dmitri (Royster)
At Babel a false unity established out of pride led to a scattering of all men, confusion among the citizens of the earth. Diverse "tongues," in this case, became indicative of divisions, man’s inability to understand God, his fellow man and environment. On Pentecost, however, the many "tongues" of the Divine Spirit became a sign and source for unity, a profound unity established through love for Christ that can only be granted by God Himself.
Maria Saradzhishvili
One taxi driver, a Kurd, saw a boy on the street, bleeding, and he took him to hospital number nine. They didn’t even want to take him. The nurses were running around, sighing and gasping, but doing nothing.
