The Forgotten Way

Passion 208 Unbridled Desire 03.12.2025 5:29 ↓

Unbridled desire is lustful attraction and lack of purity.

Passion 207 Effeminacy 02.12.2025 5:41 ↓

Effeminacy describes a man who is unwilling to suffer, who is delicate, and loves to pamper his body.

Passion 206 Using foul language 01.12.2025 5:55 ↓

Using foul language is using crass, uncouth, blasphemous, and vulgar speech. 

Passion 205 Venery 30.11.2025 5:26 ↓

Venery is sexual indulgence.

Saturday Afternoon at St. John's Skete- Not Angry Just Cleaning 29.11.2025 6:32 ↓

Striving to overcome laziness and irritability in our work with diligence and interior peace. 

Passion 204 Self-indulgence 29.11.2025 6:14 ↓

Self-indulgence is the gratification of our appetites, desires, and whims. 

Passion 203 Mindless enjoyment 28.11.2025 6:27 ↓

Mindless enjoyment is preferring temporal pleasure to the Cross of Christ.

Passion 202 Slackness 27.11.2025 5:41 ↓

Slackness is listlessness and laziness.

Passion 201 Uselessness 26.11.2025 6:22 ↓

Uselessness is failing to fulfill your duties according to God's will.

Passion 200 Drunkenness 25.11.2025 6:02 ↓

Drunkenness is the state of being intoxicated by excessive alcohol consumption.

Passion 199 Heavy Drinking 24.11.2025 6:21 ↓

Heavy drinking is consuming excessive alcohol.

Passion 198 Fantasy 23.11.2025 6:10 ↓

Fantasy is the appearance of something that does not exist in reality. 

Saturday Afternoon at St. John's Skete- Fanning the Fragile Flame of Zeal 22.11.2025 8:45 ↓

Zeal and fire can be extinguished by adding too much too soon. 

Passion 197 Excessive sleep 22.11.2025 6:35 ↓

Excessive sleep is indulging our body with more rest than is good for our soul.

Passion 196 Drowsiness of Soul 21.11.2025 6:17 ↓

Drowsiness of soul is a lack of watchful attentiveness to the thoughts that try to enter into our heart.

Passion 195 Dull-wittedness 20.11.2025 6:48 ↓

Dull-wittedness is being mentally slow. It is a lack of keenness in our understanding. 

Passion 194 Disobedience part 2 19.11.2025 7:24 ↓

Obedience is not achieved through coercion but by growth in sanctity.  

Passion 194 Disobedience part 1 18.11.2025 7:11 ↓

Disobedience is the refusal to follow a command from a lawful authority.

Passion 193 Frivolity 17.11.2025 6:58 ↓

Frivolity is a lack of serious. Frivolity is a waste of time in silliness and lightheartedness.

Passion 192 Impassionedness 16.11.2025 6:40 ↓

Impassionedness is being tied to the habits that keep us from purity of heart.

Passion 191 Attraction to What is Fleeting 15.11.2025 6:44 ↓

Attraction to what is fleeting is being preoccupied with the passing and temporal concerns of the world.

St. Anne Women's Group at St. Nicholas Parish- Friends of Anger 15.11.2025 20:23 ↓

Anger often comes along with a bad friend that makes our anger feel justified. 

Saturday Afternoon at St. John's Skete- Burned at the End 15.11.2025 9:37 ↓

The spiritual struggle lasts until we are in the coffin. 

Passion 190 Mental Blindness 14.11.2025 6:51 ↓

Mental blindness is spiritual ignorance and darkness.

Passion 189 Obtuseness 13.11.2025 7:19 ↓

Obtuseness is lacking a sharpness and quickness of the mind. It is a soul that is becoming insensible.