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God Alone: The Life and Letters of a Saint Sri Gyanamata
Publisher: Self-Realization Fellowship

Ed., The Letters of Ignatius, To the Trallians, Chapter 8 (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1992), p. It helps us establish our identity. This passage from the letter of St. He taught the Christians in Corinth that the fight over personalities is totally worldly. To learn the monastic life, St. It's the same when we look at Christ, the Son of God, and realize that we are His brothers and . Yet in the passage from the letter to the Philippians just cited, St. James, whose author is traditionally identified with the first bishop of Jerusalem, offers us another angle for considering the theme of harmony and division in the Church. I am a Baptist, and I live in the land of the mighty Victoria Falls! That is foolishness to the world but it is God's way. They discussed the matter, and this is what they concluded: it is holy and good to pay honor and reverence before an ikon of either Christ, the Mother of God, angels or saints; but to God alone belongs worship and adoration. In the Christian faith it is God alone who ultimately matters. A peep into life in Africa, through the eyes of an African Reformed Baptist pastor. Water, water, water, everywhere. GOD'S PHOTO ALBUM We all like sitting around and looking through old family albums, discovering our roots. Paisius went to the Holy Mountain of Athos (from 1746-1763) seeking a spiritual father and an education in the works of the Holy Fathers of the Church. This self-giving of God and of Christ take form in the lives of believers and saints, especially those who are persecuted for the sake of the Gospel and martyred. Paul seems to be saying the opposite: be kind and cast your cares on the Lord, and God himself will act as the guardian of your mind and heart. He describes what it was like in a letter to Archimandrite God alone knows with what sorrow my soul was filled; and being uncertain what to do, I thought that it might be possible to correct the Slavonic books of the Fathers at least a little by comparing them with other Slavonic books. This novel, which is also a vivid biography, brings Catherine of Siena to life in a remarkable way. And trans., The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations of Their Writings, 2nd. A saint who would not let the Lord God alone, she really did lay siege to heaven—and changed the face of her world.