I visited them. They had a guest whom I know at a distance. They prepared coffee for us. When the guest held his cup in one hand, he took out of his pocket, with his other hand, a pack of smokes. He pulled out a cigarette and lit it as if he was sitting alone ...
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The Comparison Complex
“Do not compare yourself with anyone”, is the fortieth of the fifty-five maxims of Father Thomas Hopko. I chose it for today’s lines, as a sample of his maxims, for a variety of reasons, among which is that it makes us feel that it is both private and public, that is, it will benefit you ...
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I pulled out of my wife’s papers a note, translated by a friend of ours, entitled “55 Maxims of the Christian Life”. The maxims, which can be found on Google in their original language, were put together by Fr. Thomas Hopko in obedience to brethren who had asked him to write, briefly, what reveals that ...
Read moreOur Victory
A few days ago, I was overcome by the Corona virus. The friends, who checked up on me in their calls, all said: “a passing malaise”. The phrase is understandable. The disease is no longer killing, in general. However, you are at home with your pain and with this cough that does not want to ...
Read moreWatery Eyes
Do not always cry alone. Oftentimes, tears have helped people overcome this deadly lie that life is a garden of roses.
Read moreNetflix
My son helped me become one of the Neflix viewers. News of this platform is nothing new to me. I have read many things about it which indicate that, as it is, it is not accepted everywhere. I understand the fear of some that the "small village" will become a sea in which the big ...
Read moreOur Children Are Ours
At the end of last April, my wife visited our daughter, who is pursuing her university studies in France. We were supposed to visit her together. However, I had to postpone my visit to a later date. What relieved me of the pain of my daughter’s objection to this postponement was that we will meet, ...
Read moreThe Divine Ascension
The Feast of the Divine Ascension is another aspect of Pascha. Christ, Who by His death has conquered death, is revealed as King over the universe. When we say He has ascended, we do not mean that in His Divinity, He has acquired a new status, a lofty place in which He was not. He ...
Read moreUnderstanding the Word
A young girl, almost twelve years old, asked her mother about something I said in my homily, which was difficult for her to understand. Her mother encouraged her to take up her question and pose it to me. I love questions, from both the old and the young. Most or all of them help me ...
Read moreThe Ecclesial Commitment
It is all beauty. In its details, it is heaven on earth; in thought; in art; in meaning; in the love that is manifested in it; and in this awareness that exhorts the heart to abstain from the world as it yearns for a kingdom to come… Who would say to the brethren, who neglect ...
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