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Serviam
Jun 29, 20222 min read
Will The Soul Accept or Reject Suffering?
The soul has to make a choice, and the outcome will either break it into pieces or enable it to sail to its destination in God....
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Serviam
Jun 27, 20222 min read
Holy Unction.
The great public prayer of the Church for those who are ill is the Service of Holy Unction. This Service, is long and exceedingly rich in...
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Serviam
Jun 26, 20223 min read
Great Is Your Reward.
Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they...
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Serviam
Jun 24, 20222 min read
Antidote for Anxiety. (part two)
It is impossible to escape tribulation in this world but the man who is given over to the will of God bears tribulation easily, seeing it...
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Serviam
Jun 22, 20224 min read
Antidote for Anxiety. (part one)
How are you to know if you are living according to the will of God? He who lives according to God's will has no cares. The soul given...
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Serviam
Jun 20, 20222 min read
Kill Your Will.
Set aside your wish to find peace on this earth pre-maturely in order to receive it in time. That is, upon our death. Put to death your...
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Serviam
Jun 19, 20224 min read
Blood Becomes Seed.
The blood of martyrs, is the seed of the church. -Tertullian Sunday of All Saints - 1st Sunday after Pentecost. On this day, the Sunday...
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Serviam
Jun 17, 20221 min read
The Finish Line.
Do not forget your goal, my child. Look into the heavens and see the beauty that awaits us. Elder Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona What...
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Serviam
Jun 13, 20221 min read
In Brevity is Beauty.
Within our culture of noise 24/7 - a paradox occurs. Counterintuitively what garners the most impact is not who is the loudest, or talks...
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Serviam
Jun 10, 20221 min read
Welcome Waves.
When waves of fear and uncertainty rise up, when swells of suffering taunt us - bodily illness can in no way harm us. If our soul is...
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Serviam
Jun 10, 20222 min read
Door Dash Doesn't Deliver.
Eternity. One must inherit it. We need patience. No one is as dangerous to us as we ourselves, so remain a servant of God in the short...
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Serviam
Jun 8, 20222 min read
The Blessing of Being Sick.
Illness, then, is only evil in appearance. It can even constitute a blessing for man, in the sense that, if one uses it appropriately,...
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Serviam
Jun 6, 20222 min read
Leave it All to God.
Say, "My God, I leave my illness in Your holy Hands, and whenever You - Who love me so much - want to heal me, I will also want it then."...
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Serviam
Jun 5, 20222 min read
This is Eternal Life.
Sunday of the 318 Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council - Nicea 325AD Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and...
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Serviam
Jun 3, 20223 min read
Shine - Like the Stars of Heaven.
And let them see their children’s children, like a newly-planted olive orchard, around their table; that, obtaining favor in Your sight, ...
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Serviam
Jun 2, 20222 min read
Harbor for Our Hope.
No matter where one lives on earth, trials must be endured. There is no escape from difficulty, pain and suffering. However, our...
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Serviam
Jun 1, 20222 min read
I Have Found a Physician.
St. Ambrose of Milan attributed this prayer to the Apostle Matthew, upon the occasion of the Apostle's conversion. "As Jesus went on from...
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