Tag: exaltation of the cross

Exaltation of the Life-Giving Cross – Our Lives

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Dear beloved, we exalt the great feast day of the Life-Giving Cross, placing it above us, professing that in Him, our Lord Jesus Christ, through His crucification on the Cross, gave His love to us through sacrifice, death, and resurrection.

"He who really prays is a theologian, and he who is a theologian really prays." - Evagrius of Pontus

"What is pure prayer? Prayer which is brief in words but abundant in actions. For if your actions do not exceed your petitions, then your prayers are mere words." - The Desert Fathers

"Prayer does not consist merely in standing and bowing your body or in reading written prayers... it is possible to pray at all times, in all places, with the mind and spirit. You can lift up your mind and heart to God while walking, sitting, working, in a crowd and in solitude. His door is always open, unlike man's. We can always say to Him in our hearts: Lord, Lord, have mercy." Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk