People are more and more moving away, nowadays, from what is essential in the life of communion, that is, from asking for support in prayer. This is heedlessness coupled with excessive self-reliance, that is, keeping away from seeking God’s help, as well as forsaking the parlance of the Saints (1 Thessalonians 5:25). Today, who would ...
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I parked my car far away from the hospital, where regular check-ups were awaiting me, and I started walking. This was a few days ago. Before I arrived, I entered a church adjoining the hospital, which used to call me to enter every time I passed by its door that is always open during the ...
Read moreA Good Prayer
At the Mattins of last Saturday's service, the hymnographer gave us to tell the Lord: “Give rest, O Lord, to the souls of Thy departed servants. To those hidden by the deep or cut down in battle, swallowed by earthquake, murdered, or consumed by fire, grant in Thy mercy a place with the faithful and ...
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I was getting out of brotherly visits at a nearby hospital. I met her in the elevator. She looked at me with a look of affection that reminded me of my mother. We had a quick chat. I enjoined her to be serious about wearing the mask, at the hospital. Lebanon is concealing a lot ...
Read moreThe Communion of Prayer
We can ask others to do many things on our behalf, except for prayer. The word, which we say to one another: “Pray for me,” is not a delegation or a procuration, but a declaration of communion. There is nothing, like each one of us praying personally, that can drive from us the illusion that ...
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The greatest thing a person does in life is to raise others to God. You may know that some of those who ask you to pray for them do not realize that it is communion, that is, they do not know that it is not a mere borrowing or a complete dependence on others. Never ...
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