754 (CHRIST-ANTICHRIST/ VIRTUE-PASSIONS/ GOOD-EVILTHOUGHT (LOGISMOI)

  754 (CHRIST-ANTICHRIST/ VIRTUE-PASSIONS/ GOOD-EVILTHOUGHT (LOGISMOI)  In our previous Paternal Advice, on the Feast of Christmas, we ended with the following phrase:   “Let us not therefore, my brethren, waste our time in sin, but let us pursue goodness, virtue, and holiness; and let us henceforth have no further dealings

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753 CHRISTMAS (Messages)

    CHRISTMAS (Messages):   God becomes man to make man God. The salvation of men came from a virgin's womb, to bring the believers (i.e. those who will believe in Him) back to Him. He deigned to be born as man, to restore the fallen image of man. He

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752 (ANGER/ MEEKNESS/ TRIPARTITE SOUL)

  752 (ANGER/ MEEKNESS/ TRIPARTITE SOUL)  The human soul is tripartite. The three parts are rationale, intentive (irascibility)and desire.  The rationale is that which gives us us the power to think, to pray, to compose speeches, to talk… And the principal part of the reason is the mind (nous).  The

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751 (CROSS/ SORROWS/ TRIALS/ STRENGTH)

  751 (CROSS/ SORROWS/ TRIALS/ STRENGTH)  «Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished. For He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will

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