The Forgotten Way

Passion 38 Wrongdoing 13.06.2025 5:46 ↓

Wrongdoing is improper or evil behavior.

Passion 37 Breaking of Faith 12.06.2025 6:06 ↓

Breaking of faith is a breach of loyalty, a betrayal of trust, or failure to keep a promise.

Passion 36 Idle Chatter 11.06.2025 5:56 ↓

Talking that is unnecessary and excessive. It often leads to gossip, lying, and vanity. 

Passion 35 Slothfulness 10.06.2025 7:06 ↓

Slothfulness is a failure to fulfill one's duty to God to exert oneself in the pursuit of virtue due to an emptiness of soul, a lack of zeal, or evil sadness.

Passion 34 A Conscienceless Soul 09.06.2025 7:41 ↓

A conscienceless soul is one that has lost the ability to make sound judgments between what is good and evil.

Passion 33 Evil Intention 08.06.2025 6:46 ↓

Evil intention is a desire to act against God's will and corrupt a good action or can be blameworthy even if no action is completed. 

Saturday Afternoon at St. John's Skete-Mortal Stench 07.06.2025 7:03 ↓

Cleaning out the car and cleaning out the soul.

Passion 32 Injustice 07.06.2025 6:35 ↓

Injustice is to fail to give God or our neighbor what is due to them.

Passion 31 Obduracy 06.06.2025 6:59 ↓

Obduracy is invincible hardness of heart, impenitence that cannot be subdued, and inflexible persistence in sin.  

Passion 30 Lack of Discrimination 05.06.2025 7:23 ↓

Lack of discrimination is the failure to walk along the spiritual way without falling into extremes.

Passion 29 Forgetfulness 04.06.2025 6:45 ↓

Forgetfulness is the loss of recollection and concentration on God resulting in poor attention over our heart and mind.

Passion 28 Spurious Knowledge 03.06.2025 7:10 ↓

Spurious knowledge is knowledge that is unprofitable for salvation. 

Passion 27 Folly 02.06.2025 6:57 ↓

Folly is to act without wisdom.

Passion 26 Ignorance 01.06.2025 7:14 ↓

Ignorance is the failure to apply due diligence to acquire the needed knowledge for salvation.

Saturday Afternoon at St. John's Skete- Bird Funeral 31.05.2025 7:22 ↓

Simple lessons on keeping the last things first.

Passion 25 Over-frugality 31.05.2025 6:35 ↓

Over-frugality is stinginess that comes from smallness of heart and ignores the needs of others.

Passion 24 Avarice 30.05.2025 8:03 ↓

Avarice is the love of money and possessions. 

Passion 23 Moral Errors 29.05.2025 6:44 ↓

Moral errors occur when we deviate from what is objectively good from a lack of knowledge or poorly formed conscience. 

Passion 22 Dearth of Good Actions 28.05.2025 6:11 ↓

Dearth of good actions is a scarcity and lack of good works that spring forth from a living faith.

Passion 21 Lethargy 27.05.2025 6:27 ↓

Lethargy is drowsiness, apathy, and boredom about our work of salvation.

Passion 20 Cowardice 26.05.2025 7:00 ↓

Cowardice is a lack of bravery stemming from vanity and lack of faith.

Passion 19 Rashness 25.05.2025 5:53 ↓

Rashness is a lack of deliberation and prudence. 

Saturday Afternoon at St. John's Skete- Slips and Falls 24.05.2025 5:00 ↓

We should never trust ourselves even in the small things. 

Passion 18 Coarseness 24.05.2025 5:55 ↓

Coarseness is language and behavior that is crude, gross, and obscene. 

Passion 17 Derangement 23.05.2025 6:19 ↓

Derangement is hatred stemming from pride and paranoia.