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If We Must Speak; a Meditation on Silence

4 Oct 2026

Let your lips always utter blessings, and you will never be reviled; for revilement begets revilement, and blessing begets blessing.¹

It is self-evident that one of the world's greatest problems is our inability to hold our tongues. We are quick to opine on whatever crosses our minds, rarely pausing to meditate upon matters trivial or great.

I often regret speaking too hastily and continually wonder why I fail to embrace the wisdom of silence. This is most evident first in my marriage, and second in my friendships. If I must speak, let it be a blessing rather than a revilement.

  1. Isaac the Syrian, The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian (Holy Transfiguration Monastery, 2020), 145.

The Immortality of the Soul; a Meditation

29 Sep 2026

In the calm of the night, my mind journeys—sometimes with lofty imaginings, sometimes with evil. Sometimes I am reminded of the mortality of the body and wonder: will I wake in the morning?

It is innate within all men, unless they are convinced by the evil one and by other men, that though their body is mortal, their soul is immortal. Whether my body lives or dies, I will wake in the morning. It will awaken unto heaven or unto hell, and each man prepares that place for himself by his good works or by his evil ones.

The evil one calls me to place my immortality in hell, while the Lord cries out to me to place my immortality in heaven by means of a little humility and repentance. How quick I am to journey with the devil through hedonism and carnal comforts! How quick I am to forget the way of the Lord and how quick I am to journey unto true death. How ignorant am I!