Saying and Doing Through Compunction
Compunction can guide what we do and say.
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Reflections on the Inner Life from Canada's Pacific Coast - Fr. Michael Gillis reflects on the inner life of Orthodox Christians. Drawing on the wisdom of both ancient and contemporary Churc...
Compunction can guide what we do and say.
"The grace of God is not in the man who does not love his enemies."
It is time for a public confession from the chief hypocrite.
The movement of thoughts in a man originates from four causes.
Someone recently asked me about how to understand the evil thoughts they experience.
What will we finally say when death visits us - and not for coffee?
One of the problems with vainglory, according to St. Isaac the Syrian, is that “it hands that person over to” either fornication or pride. B...
There is strength in humility.
"How could God let his representatives get away with such things?"
We live in a generation that has been taught to tie their personal identity to their imagined sexual preferences. Consequently, it is diffic...
"We have to read with discernment and humility."
Just about any discipline that has to do with the body, if you really think that discipline is important, is mostly just a matter of making...
Is there a difference between men and women in regard to theosis? Short answer: No. Long answer: Every human being is unique. Gender is part...
Acknowledging the ugliness in our heart is like taking out the garbage. When we pretend it’s not there, it doesn’t go away. It just festers....
For those of us who are still working on getting that first few rows of stones around the foundation of faith, focusing on acquiring a littl...
Just as surely as there is a time of sowing, there is a time of reaping. God changes us and touches the hearts of others through our prayers...
The work of the Holy Spirit in our lives always takes place on two levels, both on the level of what is outside us or what comes to us, and...
Fr. Michael Gillis answers the question of “how to overcome thoughts of pride in our hearts that inevitably come after labouring on good wor...
Fr. Michael Gillis reflects on the life and writings of 20th century Catholic author, Flannery O’Connor. "Good in this broken world is alway...
Fr. Michael examines Jesus's exhortation to "take heed that you do not despise the little ones."
Fr. Michael talks about the difference between inwardly-focused spiritual zeal and outwardly-focused emotional zeal.
In St. Paul’s famous passage about spiritual warfare in 2 Corinthians 10, he specifically mentions arguments as one of the high things that...
To begin with, we must remind ourselves that salvation is a mystery, and that discerning principles and rules in the scriptures and self con...
Fear and anger, however, seem to trump common sense and faith in God. Fear and anger open in us a floodgate of animal passions making it see...
Self-importance is a tricky disease to diagnose, not in others, but in oneself. The problem lies in the fact that often (but not always) tho...
I want to make clear to everyone that we will not be asking anyone about vaccination status. As in almost all matters, so with government he...
Here’s the problem: We so often set ourselves up for failure by thinking our best must mean that we should do what someone else, probably a...
Our assurance must be in God Himself. Our assurance cannot be in being right, for we are human. Yes, being right is important, and we should...
Isn’t it strange how much easier it is to thank God when you have almost nothing, than it is when you have much more than you need? I have n...
Keep nurturing the disciplines and activities that tend to produce the fruit of the Spirit, and work to avoid the activities or relationship...
Today we live in a time of uncertainty; but really, today is no more uncertain than yesterday nor the day or year or century before. Certain...
There are many kinds of waves in the chaotic world we live in. Sometimes the waves are pushing to the left. Sometimes the waves push to the...
I write a weekly letter for our community and this week I thought I would share this letter with a broader audience. We celebrated the Feast...
All suffering, however, regardless of its apparent immediate source, can be understood as the wrath of God. But we must never forget that we...
After my last blog post, John commented that the burning of Churches in Canada calls for “Christian outrage” now, while love and forgiveness...
Last night I attended a prayer service in the street in front of the Coptic Orthodox Church that was burned down early Monday morning. Altho...
Even as we strive to please God by disciplining ourselves and obeying His commands, we know that God loves us. We know that God will accept...
Waiting involves attention. We have to pay attention to our thoughts. We have to notice what is happening in our minds and thoughts and feel...
Fr. Michael Gillis builds off of last week's talk about the Great Reset on not getting attached to the comforts of this world. Someone asked...
Fr. Michael Gillis talks about what we should do about the Great Reset. About once a week Fr. Michael gets a message from one or another of...
Is it possible to flee to the desert a little bit? No and yes. No, you can’t flee a little bit, for fleeing a little bit is not fleeing at a...
Fr. Michael Gillis has us look at the world we find ourselves in. We are mentored by media that exploits and seduces us for its own profit,...
Fr. Michael Gillis talks about how part of our problem with overcoming temptation is that we don’t understand what temptations are for, what...
On October 8, we commemorate two Sts. Pelagia of Antioch. The first is a virgin martyr, and the second is a repentant harlot, sometimes refe...
Most of the time, caring for our inner garden is more a matter of attention than of effort. The weeds of sinful and passionate thoughts can...
It seems whenever there is a crisis, people begin to see possible predictions and warnings about such times in the scripture. And certainly...
When we celebrate the Cross, we are not so much remembering the Crucifixion of Christ, as much as we are remembering the salvation that Chri...
In Orthodox Christian marriage, the wife is the queen, crowned and exalted at the head of the household; however, she is also the intercesso...
Repentance is a matter of saying, that’s not me, that’s not who I am—even while all I can see is my failure and darkness. This is because wh...
Sinners are thrown utterly upon the mercy of God. For Sinners, “Lord, have mercy” means Lord, have mercy. For those who merely admit that th...