Has anyone ever pondered that this present life is like a runaway slave, an inconstant turncoat, and a house being torn down? Has anyone guarded his soul with such wisdom as to escape the sentence that awaits the wicked in…
On Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent: A Teaching of St. Ephrem on Judgment and Repentance Come, all of you, brothers, both small and great, and listen to my humble teaching, for I speak to you for your benefit.…
On the Monday of the Sixth Week of Lent. A teaching of our holy father Ephraim the Syrian on the Second Coming of Christ. When the appointed years of human life come to an end, God will descend from heaven…
On Holy and Great Friday, by our holy father Ephraim the Syrian, on the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. I tremble to speak with my tongue and to touch upon the awesome account of the Savior—for it is a…
On Holy and Great Monday of Passion Week, a homily of our venerable father Ephraim the Syrian, concerning the righteous Joseph and how his brethren sold him to the Ishmaelites. O God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of…