VIGIL ON LEAVE-TAKING OF THE FEAST OF PASCHA
VIGIL ON TUESDAY NIGHT 23/05 (Tuesday) to 24/05/2022: LEAVE-TAKING OF THE FEAST OF PASCHA Start time 10:00 and finish around 02:00 in the morning (The gate of the Monastery will open at 09.30 pm). Note: The Vigil will be held in the Catholicon of the Monastery
723 (EVENING/ SLEEP/ DAY ACCOUNT/ PRAYER/ STUDY/ PROGRAMME)
723 (EVENING/ SLEEP/ DAY ACCOUNT/ PRAYER/ STUDY/ PROGRAMME) Remember- in the same way as you fall asleep so shall you wake up! So, any evening, keep it for yourself and for God. Do not ‘disturb’ God's time. We have said it before, your time in the evening should
722 (EVIL – GOOD / BAD THOUGHTS – GOOD THOUGHTS)
722 (EVIL - GOOD / BAD THOUGHTS - GOOD THOUGHTS) Do not be surprised by what I will be writing below, nor mis-understand it and get it all wrong! Furthermore, what I am emphasising in the next sentence, I assure you, has nothing to do with the whole fallacy,
721 (HOLY COMMUNION/ CHRIST/ DESCENT FROM THE CROSS/ EXTREME HUMILIATION OF CHRIST)
721 (HOLY COMMUNION/ CHRIST/ DESCENT FROM THE CROSS/ EXTREME HUMILIATION OF CHRIST) My thought (logismos) tells me that the most correct way of looking at the Holy Communion is to see not so much the indeed glorified Body (together with the Holy Blood) of our Lord that we receive,
720 (SPIRITUAL LIFE/ SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE/ GOD/ FAITH)
720 (SPIRITUAL LIFE/ SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE/ GOD/ FAITH) Do not neglect the monitoring of yourself, the evening account of the day, otherwise you lose and are harmed... On the contrary, by performing them, you win... Spiritual life requires coordination, a program, a fighting spirit and zeal! Do not take it
719 (NEIGHBOUR/ PASSIONS/ MISUNDERSTANDINGS/ SAFETY DISTANCES/ APATHY)
719 (NEIGHBOUR/ PASSIONS/ MISUNDERSTANDINGS/ SAFETY DISTANCES/ APATHY) Today, my brethren, when we speak to people, we are not actually speaking to people, but to their passions... Many times, in fact, we have to deal with their explosiveness and their outbursts... Unfortunately, the past beautiful simplicity has now been abandoned
718 (PRAYER/ SERVICES/ FAITH/ SPIRITUAL LIFE)
718 (PRAYER/SERVICES/ FAITH/ SPIRITUAL LIFE) Repetition, my brethren, is the mother of learning: Saying the prayer continually and believing that the good God will take care of our problems, one by one, is good and pleasing to God; at the same time believing that in the end whatever is
717 (CHANGES/ JOY/ SADNESS/ FAILURE/ SUCCESS)
717 (CHANGES/ JOY/ SADNESS/ FAILURE/ SUCCESS) In the nature around us, my brethren, many climatic changes are taking place, one after the other... Where there is beautiful sunshine, suddenly the sky darkens and lightning and thunderstorms begin, to be followed by sunshine again. Where the sea is calm ("like