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No new god nor an alien god

Psalm 81: 9-10   Hear, O My people, and I will speak unto you, O Israel, and I will testify to you if you hear me, there shall be in you no new god, nor shall you worship an alien … Continue reading

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What Fear of God is and what it is not

The fear of God is not the animal -like fear of this world. Our fear is like that, and we must strive to conquer it by the grace of God. Such fear is from Hades. Our life is filled with … Continue reading

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Quest for the Transcendence

Man is made in the image and likeness of God.  God is infinite and we are finite.  He is the Creator and we are creature.  So we are made to commune with Him.  We are made to transcend the imminent.  … Continue reading

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The effects of prayer is miraculous

To many people the monk seems remote and unsociable.  It seems that he is concerned with his own soul and that he offers nothing to the Church or to the world.  That is not the case.  If the Church has … Continue reading

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Conscious, subconscious, unconscious

The soul is multilayered:  Conscious, subconscious, unconscious Either we want it or not, because of the original sin, because of our falls and of the guile that entered man, he folds his soul in two –hides his soul. Ultimately, to … Continue reading

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The Healing of the Paralytic and the Loneliness of Modern Man

Fr. George Calciu Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for … Continue reading

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Sacrificial or Emotional love

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Vision, Mission and Goal

Where there is no vision, the people perish. Proverbs 29:18 A leader without a vision is in a very dangerous situation.  When the leader is gone for one reason or another then the organization will be in grave danger.  We … Continue reading

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