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There are many things in the Church which are a pious custom which has value but which were not created as part of the ritual of the Liturgy. Indeed the creation of the Liturgies of the Church (because our sister Orthodox Churches are also THE Churc…
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When I was at work I also found it hard during the lunchtimes, and even in the morning, because we had a shop in the complex where I worked that sold everything except fasting food, and it was so convenient. I found that if I went to the shop I wo…
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I would suggest that the Devil is not worth our hatred. This suggests too much of a concern for him. We are certainly to resist him, and by the grace of God he can be overcome, but it is dangerous to imagine that we have any sort of personal relatio…
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Speaking of the institution of the Eucharist, St Cyril says... It was fitting therefore for Him to be in us both divinely by the Holy Spirit, and also, so to speak, to be mingled with our bodies by His holy flesh and precious blood: which things al…
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I have the booklet issued by some of the monks of Mount Athos as their reponse to the dialogue. I have to say that at best it is based on many misunderstandings, and at worse displays terrible scholarship. I am not at all sure that Mount Athos is …
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About Anger by St John Cassian.. How our fourth conflict is against the sin of anger, and how many evils this passion produces. IN our fourth combat the deadly poison of anger has to be utterly rooted out from the inmost comers of our soul. For a…
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From my own experience, and that of others I have spoken to, it is true that when the korban are being prepared in an atmosphere of prayer then this makes a positive difference to the quality. I am sure that from the practical point of view this has…
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This is another good website I use a lot. I know the man who maintains it. http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/ Father Peter
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This is from the Syrian Orthodox Church website, the Fast originated among the Syrians.. The three day fast of Nineveh commemorates the three days that Prophet Jonah spent inside the fish (for the story, see the Book of Jonah in the Old Testament).…
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Dear rpm, I agree with what you have said. If I may speak of myself for a moment. I am from an evangelical background and I am used to being very active. Yet this can stand in the way of being truly present to God. Remember Mary and Martha. Sometim…
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One of my fellow priests in the British Orthodox Church within the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate preached this homily a little while ago during this Lent. It is not long and I have found it helpful. http://www.britishorthodox.org/sermon07.php Fathe…
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May the Lord have mercy on you, and all those taking exams at this time. May the Lord give you peace. Make sure you take time to be quiet and alone with God. Offer up your studies to God when you begin a period of revision. Consciously turn all o…
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Seek to live a faithful Orthodox Christian life, but do not rely on your own efforts as earning a passage to heaven. Rely rather on the goodness, mercy and grace of God. Pray, Lord, I am not worthy, but speak the word and I shall be saved. And, L…
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Satan is called the tempter, and does seek to lead us astray, but we should not blame our sins on him, nor consider that all or most temptation is the result of Satan. St James teaches us.. When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." Fo…
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May the Lord have mercy on you and grant you to be aware of His presence always near to you. Father Peter
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All that God creates is good, but all rational, intelligent beings have been created with the possibility of falling away from the will of God through pride and desire. God provides all that we need to live a life of grace and holiness, but we ourse…
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It's a very early teaching document from the time of the Apostles. You can find it here.. http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/ together with links to many other early writings. It is well worth studying. Father Peter
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Saint Cyril says.. Now our Lord Jesus Christ who has been called the Second Adam and the second beginning of our race after the first, reformed us for incorruptibility. Saint Severus says.. ..he himself became, to form us and engender us anew, th…
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Christ is not a mere man. He is the Word of God incarnate, therefore he is moved by the Word incarnate, and in him the fulness of the Godhead dwells. He knows all things by virtue of his being the Word of God, but that knowledge is mediated throug…
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The person of Jesus Christ existed before the ages because the person who is Jesus Christ is the Word of God. The human organ of mind in Jesus Christ had no existence before the incarnation. The human soul had no existence. Not a single human chara…
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Hiya It is important to stress that Jesus Christ IS the Word of God, but the Word of God made flesh. Rather than draw the table dividing the Word and Jesus Christ it is better to consider before and after the incarnation. Before the Incarnation T…
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Hi QT In the beginning was the Word. He is one of the Holy and Consubstantial Trinity, and is worshipped together with the Father and the Holy Spirit as One God.He is an eternal and divine person or indentity. Through his agency God the Father made…
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Christ is the name given to the Word of God incarnate. Christ is not the name of the eternal Word of God considered before the incarnation. The Word of God exists before all things and beyond all consideration of time. When He chose to become inca…
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I will certainly pray for you both at the altar tomorrow. Father Peter
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Christianity is not about punishment at all. But there is chastisement. One who is a slave is punished. One who is a child is chastised. The one has in mind justice, the other has in mind reformation and transformation for life and for the exerci…
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Certainly we do not divide sins into deadly and not deadly, but the Fathers of the Desert did teach about the chief sins and provide a categorisation which is similar to that later used in the West. In the Conferences of St John Cassian, for instan…
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There are some good ideas on the other thread about temptation. Fast and pray Read the Bible Memorise passages from the Scriptures, especially the psalms Attend the services of the Church Pray the Jesus Prayer or "O God make speed to save me, O…
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We do abstain from certain foods throughout Lent, including Saturday and Sunday, that is, we do not eat animal products at all during this season. But we do not fast, which is to say, give up eating of any sort, during Saturday and Sunday. Of co…
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It is also good to prepare for temptation by developing good habits which then become harder for us to break when we are tempted. Many of the times we fall into sin are because we have no virtuous habits to sustain us, or worse, because we have deve…
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There are two elements to our fasting during this season. On the one hand we abstain from certain foods, and on the other hand we eat less by only eating at the time our spiritual father instructs us. I have been taught that the reason we abstain …