Monthly Archives: June 2015

Saint Porphyrios: “They have committed Every Sin of the Flesh, But I love them”

  The Elder told me one day: “Boys and girls come to me sometimes.  Those poor children, and what haven’t they done.  They have committed every sin of the flesh, but I love them. The Elder did not justify the … Continue reading

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God is the Judge

You are angry with your neighbor, your brother, and say of him: ” He is such and such—a miser, malicious, proud,” or that he has done this and that, and so on. What is that to you?  He sins against God, and … Continue reading

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Misfortune

Here on earth we frequently experience many misfortunes and hardships, but all of these are because we have not humbled ourselves.     Elder Thaddeus At that time there were a lot of deaths on earth.  People were snatched unexpectedly and abandoned … Continue reading

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God’s Providence

In looking at life, we should accept all the things which come to us as God’s providence, knowing that they are intended to wake us up from our passions.  We should pray to God to show us some God-pleasing thing … Continue reading

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