Mother's Devotional LampWe are in urgent need of saints.Behold, the breath of our Venerable Mother Parascheva has set forth over mountains and valleys, over seas and lands! What emotion, what heartbeats! The month of Brumărel (November) trembles with...Maria Tudor14 Oct. 20265
Mother's Devotional LampThe spirit of the world or the Spirit of God?Today at the Divine Liturgy, I re-realized a few things. The Church is alive, active, a true mother on earth, the space where the Lord works more deeply and truly than in the world or anywhere else....Maria Tudor10 Oct. 202610
Mother's Devotional LampIn the echo of the holy women...it wafts with God... Yes, I don't know if it has happened to you to find somewhere, by yourselves, a respite beyond time and world, in which to feel how it wafts with God... with His grace poured...Maria Tudor26 Sep. 202617
Mother's Devotional LampOn the Waters of LightOn the waters of Light my life is painted. With ages and with places, with seasons and silences. With dark groves, darkness and passing. With singing clearings in which the breeze, gently swaying...Maria Tudor16 Sep. 20265
Mother's Devotional LampThe Sky from the DepthsThere come hours and respites when within, a deep abyss opens, terribly deep, of high, celestial skies. With bare, desolate peaks, solitary rocks, because only they have reached here... Will I find...Maria Tudor10 Sep. 20265
Mother's Devotional LampA Fragment of Beauty...first the sky gathered like a covering above us. It had been clear. Clear and sunny. It seemed like a summer morning, a holiday morning. Then, when everything darkened, the earth, and our yard...Maria Tudor27 Aug. 202611
Mother's Devotional LampThe Game of Joy (II)And, because I told you how I came to invent the game Let's make friends with the Saints!, out of a desire to bring my children closer to the Church, today I would like to tell you how I tried to...Maria Tudor21 Aug. 20267
Mother's Devotional LampOur Lady, the very prayerBefore her icon, the heart is enveloped by a powerful fragrance of lily and the grace-filled feeling of the Ever-Virgin, the Theotokos. I wish so intensely to honor her more, more deeply, to truly...Maria Tudor14 Aug. 20264
Mother's Devotional LampThe Art of Joy (I)Summer. Finally, vacation! It was about... seven years ago. We had gone on a pilgrimage with the whole family, and each of us carried in mind or heart a dream, a longing for saints, for wonderful...Maria Tudor28 Iul. 20267
Mother's Devotional LampBetween Prayer and the Written WordI wish I could speak to you in silences. In whispers I would walk towards you. To embrace you with arms of longing, to melt you into complete prayers. Living words, with a flutter of wings, wherein...Maria Tudor21 Iul. 20266
Mother's Devotional LampSimple Joys, Little JoysGheorghe wakes up this morning with a funny story in mind. At his three years of age, he always brings something with him from his overnight dreams, and especially, he smiles at me. It's a special,...Maria Tudor6 Iul. 202610
Mother's Devotional LampOn MothersMost people view us as gypsies. Or at least dirty penitents. From the third child onwards, they already wrinkle their noses and cast suspicious glances. They ask if you're going to have another, as...Maria Tudor26 Iun. 202622
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