758 (PATERNAL ADVICES/ CARNAL WAR/ SIGHTS/ VILE THOUGHTS)
758 (PATERNAL ADVICES) If you apply exactly what we write here - I mean the Paternal Advices - you will directly see the benefit arising from observing them (as well as vice versa). (CARNAL WAR/ SIGHTS/ VILE THOUGHTS) Do you face carnal war? You would do well to avoid
757 (SPIRITUAL LIFE/ EARTHLY CONCERNS/ PROGRAMME/ STUDY/ PRAYER)
757 (SPIRITUAL LIFE/ EARTHLY CONCERNS/ PROGRAMME/ STUDY/ PRAYER) - If you wish to begin to live a spiritual life, you should turn a little to yourself, and with the help of the evening account of the day, step outside of the daily cares of life... - If you wish
756 (HAPPINESS/ CONSCIOUSNESS)
756 (HAPPINESS/ CONSCIOUSNESS) Happiness... How captivating this word is!!! All people, the whole world is searching for it... And this is because it is inherent in man from the time he was created to try to live this experience... However, many people look for it in the wrong things
755 (NEW YEAR’S DAY/ WISHES/ THOUGHTS/ PRAYER/ SANCTIFICATION)
755 (NEW YEAR'S DAY/ WISHES/ THOUGHTS/ PRAYER/ SANCTIFICATION) Since we were for the last couple of days in the twilight of 2023, and also since we were in the dawn of the New Year 2024, all kinds of wishes were exchanged between us... From our monastery, on the evening
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
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
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
749 (‘NOUS’-MIND/ BRAIN/ SOBRIETY/ PRAYER/ PHILOKALIA)
749 (‘NOUS’-MIND/ BRAIN/ SOBRIETY/ PRAYER/ PHILOKALIA) We should be aware, my brethren, that as man is a dual entity (comprising soul and body), we do have both ‘nous’ (mind) and brain. ‘Nous’ belongs to the soul and the brain to the body. We should also be aware that